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  <DT>recalling
: (see <A HREF="idx_h.htm#history-of-command">history of command</A>)
  <DT>redefining with aliases
: <A HREF="../ch10_02.htm#UPT-ART-2340-SECT-1.3">10.2.3. Setting Aliases Automatically, Unsetting Aliases </A>
  <DT>repeating
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch09_11.htm">9.11. Repeating a Command with a foreach Loop </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch11_08.htm">11.8. Repeating a Cycle of Commands </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch51_07.htm">51.7. When You Get Impatient </A>
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  <DT>RETURN key not used with
: <A HREF="../ch45_32.htm">45.32. A Better read Command: grabchars </A>
  <DT>running a series of
: <A HREF="../ch11_09.htm">11.9. Running a Series of Commands on a File </A>
  <DT>running at login
: <A HREF="../ch02_02.htm#UPT-ART-1070-SECT-1.2">2.2.2. C Shell </A>
  <DT>running by typing a single character
: <A HREF="../ch42_04.htm">42.4. Checklist for Resetting a Messed Up Terminal </A>
  <DT>running number of them and averaging
: <A HREF="../ch39_04.htm">39.4. Average Command Runtimes with runtime </A>
  <DT>running on compressed files
: <A HREF="../ch24_10.htm">24.10. zloop: Run a Command on Compressed Files </A>
  <DT>sed editor
: <A HREF="../ch43_21.htm">43.21. Preprocessing troff Input with sed </A>
  <DT>shell interpretation of
: <A HREF="../ch08_01.htm#UPT-ART-1810">8.1. What the Shell Does </A>
  <DT>storing
: <A HREF="../ch04_09.htm">4.9. Setting Up vi with the .exrc File </A>
  <DT>with temporarily different environment
: <A HREF="../ch06_10.htm">6.10. Running a Command with a Temporarily Different Environment </A>
  <DT>throwaway scripts for
: <A HREF="../ch09_15.htm">9.15. Throwaway Scripts for Complicated Commands </A>
  <DT>too long for command line
: <A HREF="../ch09_20.htm">9.20. Too Many Files for the Command Line </A>
  <DT>typing at the shell prompt
: <A HREF="../ch38_03.htm">38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts </A>
  <DT>ul
: <A HREF="../ch43_18.htm">43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It</A>
  <DT>versions
: <A HREF="../ch44_01.htm#UPT-ART-0065">44.1. Everyone Should Learn Some Shell Programming </A>
  <DT>writing manual pages for
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch50_10.htm">50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff</A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch50_11.htm">50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros </A>
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<DT><A NAME="commenting">commenting</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>Bourne shell scripts
: <A HREF="../ch44_02.htm">44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program </A>
  <DT>ease of use
: <A HREF="../ch44_14.htm">44.14. Putting awk, sed, etc., Inside Shell Scripts </A>
  <DT>examples
: <A HREF="../ch44_14.htm">44.14. Putting awk, sed, etc., Inside Shell Scripts </A>
  <DT>in termcap or terminfo files
: <A HREF="../ch41_11.htm">41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals </A>
  <DT>starting with # (pound)
: <A HREF="../ch45_02.htm">45.2. The Story of  : #  #! </A>
  <DT>starting with :
: <A HREF="../ch45_09.htm">45.9. The Unappreciated Bourne Shell  ":&quot; Operator</A>
  <DT>starting with : (colon)
: <A HREF="../ch45_02.htm">45.2. The Story of  : #  #! </A>
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<DT><A NAME="communication-parameters">communication parameters, changing on the fly</A>
: <A HREF="../ch42_01.htm#UPT-ART-1142">42.1. Making Sense Out of the Terminal Mess </A>
<DT><A NAME="communications-utilities">communications utilities</A>
: <A HREF="../ch01_33.htm">1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications </A>
<DT><A NAME="comparing">comparing</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>directory trees
: <A HREF="../ch16_22.htm">16.22. Comparing Two Directory Trees with dircmp </A>
  <DT>editing and
: <A HREF="../ch28_09.htm">28.9. ex Scripts Built by diff </A>
  <DT>filenames
: <A HREF="../ch16_23.htm">16.23. Comparing Filenames in Two Directory Trees </A>
  <DT>files
: <A HREF="../ch18_09.htm">18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files </A>
  <DD><DL>
    <DT>bdiff command
: <A HREF="../ch28_07.htm">28.7. diff for Very Long Files: bdiff </A>
    <DT>cmp program
: <A HREF="../ch28_11.htm">28.11. cmp and diff </A>
    <DT>comm command
: <A HREF="../ch28_12.htm">28.12. Comparing Two Files with comm </A>
    <DT>diff command
    <DD><DL>
      <DT><A HREF="../ch28_01.htm#UPT-ART-2680">28.1. Checking Differences with diff </A>
      <DT><A HREF="../ch28_03.htm">28.3. Context diffs </A>
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    <DT>diff3 script
: <A HREF="../ch28_02.htm">28.2. Comparing Three Different Versions with diff3 </A>
    <DT>diffmk command
: <A HREF="../ch28_15.htm">28.15. Show Changes in a troff File with diffmk </A>
    <DT>make utility for
: <A HREF="../ch28_13.htm">28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers! </A>
    <DT>sdiff command
    <DD><DL>
      <DT><A HREF="../ch28_04.htm">28.4. Side-by-Side diffs: sdiff </A>
      <DT><A HREF="../ch28_06.htm">28.6. Choosing Sides with sdiff </A>
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    <DT>twin program
: <A HREF="../ch28_05.htm">28.5. Comparing Files Alongside One Another </A>
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  <DT>word counts
: <A HREF="../ch29_06.htm">29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc </A>
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<DT><A NAME="competion">competion, filename</A>
: <A HREF="../ch11_13.htm">11.13. Shell Command-Line Editing </A>
<DT><A NAME="compilation-process">compilation process</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_08.htm#UPT-ART-3840-SECT-1.2.7">52.8.2.7. Functions, Libraries, and Header Files </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_08.htm#UPT-ART-3840-SECT-1.2.8">52.8.2.8. The make Program </A>
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<DT><A NAME="compiling-programs">compiling programs</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_08.htm#UPT-ART-3840-SECT-1.2">52.8.2. Compiling Source Code </A>
<DT><A NAME="complete-shell-variable">complete shell variable</A>
: <A HREF="../ch06_09.htm">6.9. Special C Shell Variables </A>
<DT><A NAME="completion">completion, filename</A>
: <A HREF="../ch09_08.htm">9.8. Filename Completion: Faster Filename Typing </A>
<DT><A NAME="compress-utility">compress utility</A>
: <A HREF="../ch24_07.htm">24.7. Compressing Files to Save Space </A>
<DT><A NAME="compressed-files">compressed files</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch01_17.htm">1.17. Filename Extensions </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch24_07.htm">24.7. Compressing Files to Save Space </A>
  <DT>editing
: <A HREF="../ch24_11.htm">24.11. Edit Compressed Files with zvi, zex, and zed </A>
  <DT>in entire directory tree
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch24_08.htm">24.8. Save Space: tar and compress a Directory Tree </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch24_12.htm">24.12. Compressing a Directory Tree: Fine-Tuning </A>
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  <DT>paging through
: <A HREF="../ch25_05.htm">25.5. Page Through Compressed, RCS, Unprintable Files </A>
  <DT>running commands on
: <A HREF="../ch24_10.htm">24.10. zloop: Run a Command on Compressed Files </A>
  <DT>whitespace and
: <A HREF="../ch24_06.htm">24.6. Save Space with Tab Characters </A>
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<DT><A NAME="compressor-script">compressor script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch21_05.htm">21.5. What Good Is a File's Last Access Time? </A>
<DT><A NAME="conditional-expressions">conditional expressions</A>
: (see <A HREF="idx_e.htm#expressions">expressions, conditional</A>)
<DT><A NAME="configuration-files">configuration files</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>for csh
: <A HREF="../ch02_07.htm">2.7. C Shell Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want Them to Be? </A>
  <DT>pathnames in
: <A HREF="../ch02_06.htm">2.6. Use Absolute Pathnames in Shell Setup Files </A>
  <DT>shells
: <A HREF="../ch02_02.htm">2.2. Shell Setup Files-Which, Where, and Why </A>
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<DT><A NAME="configure-shell-script">configure shell script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_08.htm#UPT-ART-3840-SECT-1.2.6">52.8.2.6. An Easy Build </A>
<DT><A NAME="configuring-terminals">configuring terminals</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch05_01.htm#UPT-ART-7966">5.1. There's a Lot to Know About Terminals </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch05_06.htm">5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch05_10.htm">5.10. Finding What Terminal Names You Can Use </A>
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<DT><A NAME="conserving-disk-space">conserving disk space</A>
: (see <A HREF="idx_d.htm#disk-space">disk space</A>)
<DT><A NAME="cont">CONT (continue) signal</A>
: <A HREF="../ch38_08.htm">38.8. What Are Signals? </A>
<DT><A NAME="continue-command">continue command (awk)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch33_11.htm#UPT-ART-2860-SECT-1.7">33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands </A>
<DT><A NAME="continue-signal">continue signal</A>
: (see <A HREF="idx_c.htm#cont">CONT (continue) signal</A>)
<DT><A NAME="control-characters">control characters</A>
: <A HREF="../ch41_11.htm#UPT-ART-7967-SECT-1.0.1">41.11.1. Special Character Codes </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>Emacs and
: <A HREF="../ch32_10.htm">32.10. Inserting Binary Characters into Files </A>
  <DT>ex and vi editors and
: <A HREF="../ch31_06.htm">31.6. Protecting Keys from Interpretation by ex </A>
  <DT>in scripts
: <A HREF="../ch45_35.htm">45.35. Using a Control Character in a Script </A>
  <DT>storing
: <A HREF="../ch51_06.htm">51.6. Cleaning script Files </A>
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<DT><A NAME="control-characters">control characters, echoing in BSD</A>
: <A HREF="../ch41_05.htm">41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts </A>
<DT><A NAME="control-echo">control echo</A>
: <A HREF="../ch41_02.htm#UPT-ART-1140-SECT-1.3">41.2.3. What About TABs? </A>
<DT><A NAME="controlling-process">controlling process</A>
: <A HREF="../ch38_03.htm">38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts </A>
<DT><A NAME="controlling-terminal">controlling terminal</A>
: <A HREF="../ch38_06.htm">38.6. The Controlling Terminal </A>
<DT><A NAME="conversion">conversion, base</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>cvtbase used for
: <A HREF="../ch49_05.htm">49.5. Base Conversion Using cvtbase </A>
  <DT>problems
: <A HREF="../ch49_03.htm">49.3. Gotchas in Base Conversion </A>
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<DT><A NAME="conversion">conversion, binary</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>bc program used for
: <A HREF="../ch49_02.htm">49.2. bc: Hexadecimal or Binary Conversion </A>
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<DT><A NAME="conversion">conversion, hexadecimal</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>bc program used for
: <A HREF="../ch49_02.htm">49.2. bc: Hexadecimal or Binary Conversion </A>
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<DT><A NAME="cooked-mode">cooked mode</A>
: <A HREF="../ch41_02.htm#UPT-ART-1140-SECT-1.1">41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?) </A>
<DT><A NAME="cooper">Cooper, Michael</A>
: <A HREF="../ch05_05.htm">5.5. Querying Your Terminal Type: qterm </A>
<DT><A NAME="copts-declaration-line">COPTS declaration line</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>-I option
: <A HREF="../ch52_08.htm#UPT-ART-3840-SECT-1.2.8">52.8.2.8. The make Program </A>
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<DT><A NAME="copy-command">copy command (ex)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch33_04.htm">33.4. Useful ex Commands </A>
<DT><A NAME="copying">copying</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>directory trees
: <A HREF="../ch18_15.htm">18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r </A>
  <DT><A NAME="copying-files">files</A>
  <DD><DL>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch18_01.htm#UPT-ART-8022">18.1. What's So Complicated About Copying Files? </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch18_02.htm">18.2. What's Really in a Directory </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch18_09.htm">18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files </A>
    <DT><A HREF="../ch21_11.htm">21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying </A>
    <DT>(see also <A HREF="idx_m.htm#moving-files">moving files</A>; <A HREF="idx_r.htm#renaming-files">renaming files</A>)
    <DT>to directories
: <A HREF="../ch21_12.htm">21.12. Copying Files to a Directory </A>
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  <DT>files to different directories
: <A HREF="../ch45_25.htm">45.25. Shell Scripts On-the-Fly from Standard Input </A>
  <DT>links
: <A HREF="../ch18_15.htm">18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r </A>
  <DT>permissions
: <A HREF="../ch22_16.htm">22.16. Copying Permissions with cpmod </A>
  <DT>text, in vi
: <A HREF="../ch30_08.htm">30.8. Get Back What You Deleted with Numbered Buffers</A>
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<DT><A NAME="core-dumps">core dumps</A>
: <A HREF="../ch24_05.htm">24.5. Limiting File Sizes </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>made by QUIT signal
: <A HREF="../ch38_09.htm">38.9. Killing Foreground Jobs </A>
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<DT><A NAME="cos-command">cos command (awk)</A>
: <A HREF="../ch33_11.htm#UPT-ART-2860-SECT-1.7">33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands </A>
<DT><A NAME="count.2eit-script">count.it script</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch29_06.htm">29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
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<DT><A NAME="count.5ftypes-script">count_types script</A>
: <A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
<DT><A NAME="counting-occurrences">counting occurrences</A>
: <A HREF="../ch30_16.htm">30.16. Counting Occurrences; Stopping Search Wraps </A>
<DT><A NAME="counting-text-elements">counting text elements</A>
: <A HREF="../ch29_06.htm">29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc </A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT>wordfreq script
: <A HREF="../ch29_07.htm">29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used </A>
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<DT><A NAME="cp-command">cp command</A>
<DD><DL>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch01_33.htm">1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications </A>
  <DT><A HREF="../ch52_04.htm">52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc </A>
  <DT>(see also <A HREF="idx_r.htm#rcp-command">rcp command</A>)
  <DT>-b option
: <A HREF="../ch21_11.htm">21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying </A>
  <DT>-i option
: <A HREF="../ch21_11.htm">21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying </A>
  <DT>-p option
: <A HREF="../ch22_21.htm">22.21. How to Change File Ownership Without chown</A>
  <DT>-r option
: <A HREF="../ch18_15.htm">18.15. Copying Directory Trees with cp -r </A>
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