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Index: B

• background commands : Running Commands When You Log Out
• background processes
• • What a Multiuser System Can Do for You
  • Automatic File Cleanup
  • Foreground and Background
  • Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
  • automatically killing : Automatically Kill Background Processes on Logout in csh
  • exit status of : Exit Status of UNIX Processes
  • output from : Stop Background Output with stty tostop
  • preventing continuing after logout : Killing All Your Processes
  • watching : Waiting a Little While: sleep
• backquotes : (see `)
• backslash : (see )
• BACKSPACE key : Handling Most Characters
• • deleting on command line : Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
  • erase character : Cleaning script Files
  • location for : cshrc.$HOST File for Per Host Setup
• backspacing over shell prompts : Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
• backups : tar tutorial
• • advantages : Make Your Own Backups
  • bkedit script : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  • of directories : Including Other Directories
  • Emacs auto-save, backup files : Backup and Auto-Save Files
  • RCS and SCCS : Protecting Files with SCCS or RCS
  • on remote tape drives : Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
  • restoring files from : Restoring Files from Tape with tar
  • timestamps and : Creating a Timestamp File for Selective Backups
• "bad magic number" error message : Common UNIX Error Messages
• Baldwin, Robert : Ways of Improving the Security of crypt
• bang : (see !)
• banner command : Big Letters: banner
• banners, printing : Big Letters: banner
• basename program
• • Using basename and dirname
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  • bugs in : Introduction to basename and dirname
  • examples
  • • Save Disk Space and Developing: Multiple Names for a Program
    • Using basename and dirname
  • loops using : Use with Loops
• bash (Bourne-again shell)
• • There Are Many Shells
  • Introduction to bash
  • verbose and echo Variables Show Quoting
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  • (see also sh (Bourne shell))
  • alias facility : Aliases for Common Commands
  • aliases in : Aliases in ksh and bash
  • .bashrc file : bash
  • C shell compared to : Why Not?
  • case statements : Automatic Setups for Different Terminals
  • command history
  • • The Lessons of History
    • (see history of command)
  • echo used in : Portable echo Command
  • evaluating command line : Which One Will bash Use?
  • fc command : In ksh and bash: fc
  • history file : bash and ksh
  • octal character strings : Highlighting in Shell Prompts
  • passing command history to : Pass History to Another Shell
  • pre-prompt commands : Pre-Prompt Commands in bash
  • process substitution : bash Process Substitution
  • prompt setting
  • • Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
    • Multiline Shell Prompts
    • Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL
  • speeding up : Faster ksh and bash Startup with $- Test
  • string editing in : String Editing in ksh and bash
  • string editing operators : Parameter Substitution
• bash command : Installing Everything Using the Defaults
• batch command
• • Off-Peak Job Submission
  • System V.4 Batch Queues
• batch editing : Why Line Editors Aren't Dinosaurs
• • awk for : (see awk utility)
  • diff command : Change Many Files by Editing Just One
  • ex scripting : Line Addressing
  • file size limits : Batch Editing Gotcha: Editors Bomb on Big Files
  • patch program : patch: Generalized Updating of Files that Differ
  • qsubst program : Quick Globals from the Command Line with qsubst
  • sed for : (see sed editor)
• batch execution : System V.4 Batch Queues
• batch queues : System V.4 Batch Queues
• baud rate : How We Made It This Far (Back?)
• bc program : bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
• bdiff command : diff for Very Long Files: bdiff
• behead script
• • Remove Mail/News Headers with behead
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• Berkeley printing commands : Berkeley Printing Commands
• Berkeley UNIX : How We Made It This Far (Back?)
• bg command : Foreground and Background
• • putting jobs in background : Program Waiting for Input?
• big environment, effects of : Big Environment Can Slow You Down
• /bin directory : bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts
• • /bin/time utility
  • • Timing Programs
    • Why Is the System So Slow?
  • programs in : Internal and External Commands
  • in search paths : Shell Search Paths
• binary data, archiving : Using tar to Create and Unpack Archives
• binary files, searching : Finding Words Inside Binary Files
• bit bucket
• • What to Do with a Full Bit Bucket :-)
  • Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes
• bit rate : How We Made It This Far (Back?)
• bitmap files : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• • with pbmplus : Alternative Media
• bkedit script : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• • examples
  • • Test Exit Status with the if Statement
    • Set Exit Status of a Shell (Script)
    • Parameter Substitution
• blank lines : (see newline characters; whitespace)
• blank shell prompt : What Good Is a Blank Shell Prompt?
• block input operations : The csh time variable
• block output operations : The csh time variable
• block sizes, tape : Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
• blocking factor : Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
• bold text : How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
• Boolean capabilities
• • in termcap or terminfo files : How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
• Bourne shell : (see sh)
• Bourne-again shell : (see bash)
• Bournegol : Watch Out for Bourne Shell -e Bug
• Boyer-Moore search algorithm : New greps Are Much Faster
• braces : (see { })
• brackets : (see [ ])
• [ ] (brackets)
• • [ command : test: Testing Files and Strings
• break command
• • redirected loops using : The Ins and Outs of Redirected I/O Loops
• break command (awk) : Alphabetical Summary of Commands
• "broken pipe" error message
• • Use -xv
  • Common UNIX Error Messages
• bs capability : How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
• BSD standalone nice : BSD Standalone nice
• BSD tty driver
• • echoing control characters : Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
• BSD UNIX
• • alternatives for : Which Version Am I Using?
  • changing a job's priority : Changing a Job's Priority Under BSD UNIX
  • file ownership and : Why Can't You Change File Ownership Under BSD UNIX?
  • manual page categories : UNIX Online Documentation
  • which command : Which Version Am I Using?
• BSDC shell nice command : BSD C Shell nice
• bsdtar program : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• bsplit program
• • Splitting Files at Fixed Points: split
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• buffers for output : Send Output Two or More Places with tee
• Buggy Bourne Shell : Watch Out for Bourne Shell -e Bug
• build.pt script : Running the Build Scripts
• buildhash script : Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
• built-in commands
• • Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
  • Which One Will bash Use?
• builtin command : Which One Will bash Use?
• burn-in : Clear Your Terminal for Security, to Stop Burn-in
• bus error (core dumped) error message : Common UNIX Error Messages
• byte order conversion
• • order : Other Conversions with dd

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