Mastering Linux

Encouraging hands-on practice, Mastering Linux provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to Linux concepts, usage, and programming. Through a set of carefully selected topics and practical examples, the book imparts a sound understanding of operating system concepts and shows how to use Linux effectively.

Ready-to-Use Examples Offer Immediate Access to Practical Applications
After a primer on the fundamentals, the text covers user interfaces, commands and filters, Bash Shell scripting, the file system, networking and Internet use, and kernel system calls. It presents many examples and complete programs ready to run on your Linux system. Each chapter includes a summary and exercises of varying degrees of difficulty.

Web Resource
The companion website at http://ml.sofpower.com/ offers a host of ancillary materials. Along with links to numerous resources, it includes appendices on SSH and SFTP, VIM, text editing with Vi, and the emacs editor. The site also provides a complete example code package for download.

Master the Linux Operating System Toolbox
This book enables you to leverage the capabilities and power of the Linux system more effectively. Going beyond this, it can help you write programs at the shell and C levels―encouraging you to build new custom tools for applications and R&D.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: A Linux Primer
Chapter 2: Interactive Use of the Shell
Chapter 3: Desktops, Windows, and Applications
Chapter 4: Filters and Regular Expressions
Chapter 5: Writing Shell Scripts
Chapter 6: The File System
Chapter 7: Networking, Internet, and the Web
Chapter 8: Web Hosting: Apache, PHP, and MySQL
Chapter 9: C Programming in Linux
Chapter 10: I/O and Process Control System Calls
Chapter 11: Inter-process and Network Communication
Chapter 12: GUI Programming with Ruby/GTK2