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Index: M

• Macintosh text files : Hacking on Characters with tr
• magic number
• • Fun with #!
  • Common UNIX Error Messages
• magnetic tapes, naming : What Is the Name of the Tape Drive?
• mail program : UNIX Networking and Communications
• • sending yourself reminders : Send Yourself Reminder Mail
• mail shell variable : Special C Shell Variables
• • as array : Using C Shell Arrays
• mail.base program : Working with Names and Addresses
• mailboxes, disk space and : Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes
• MAILCHECK environment variable : For Bourne Shell Users
• MAILPATH environment variable : For Bourne Shell Users
• mainindex on PowerTools disk : apropos on Systems Without apropos
• make program
• • Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
  • make Isn't Just for Developers!
  • The make Program
  • errors caused by : Common UNIX Error Messages
  • printall option : Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
• "make: must be a separator on rules line 46" error message : Common UNIX Error Messages
• make_print makefile:(on disc) : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• makefile utility
• • Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
  • An Easy Build
  • tracking program dependencies : The make Program
• makefiles : make Isn't Just for Developers!
• man command : UNIX Online Documentation
• • examples : UNIX Online Documentation
  • -k option : The apropos Command
• -man macros : Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
• -man macros (troff) : Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
• manindex script : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• MANPATH environment variable : Predefined Environment Variables
• • adding : Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
• manual pages
• • building index for : apropos on Systems Without apropos
  • categories : UNIX Online Documentation
  • deleting : Deleting (BSD) Manual Pages that Aren't Read
  • formatting : Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
  • MANPATH variable : Predefined Environment Variables
  • searching
  • • The apropos Command
    • apropos on Systems Without apropos
    • Searching Online Manual Pages
  • types of : Searching Online Manual Pages
  • writing
  • • Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
    • Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
• master password file : File Access Permissions
• master wordlist, ispell program : Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
• match command (awk) : Alphabetical Summary of Commands
• memory : (see disk space)
• menu prompts : "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users
• metacharacters
• • "Special" Characters and Operators
  • (see regular expressions)
  • (see wildcard characters)
• Microsoft Excel, sc program compared to : It's Great to Have a Spreadsheet
• mins field in crontab entries : Execution Scheduling
• minus sign : (see - (hyphen))
• MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) : The X Window System
• mkdir command
• • Making Directories Made Easier
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  • . and .. directory links : Links to a Directory
• mkfifo command : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• mkfile, working around lack of swap space : Common UNIX Error Messages
• mknod command : Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• mm filename extension : Filename Extensions
• mode bits
• • File Access Permissions
  • Access to Directories
• modelines : Modelines: Bug or Feature?
• modes, access : Making Directories Made Easier
• modification time, file
• • Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
  • The Three UNIX File Times
  • An Alias to List Recently Changed Files
  • Listing Files You've Created/Edited Today
  • Listing Files by Age and Size
  • newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
  • Searching for Old Files
  • touch command and : Setting File Modification Time with touch
• modifiers : Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
• month in crontab entries : Execution Scheduling
• more utility
• • For the Impatient: Type-Ahead
  • Using more to Page Through Files
  • starting : Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
  • testing with screensize file : Screen Width and Height: screensize
• motd.diff script
• • motd.diff: Show New Lines in Login Messages
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
• mount command
• • Finding the Links to a File
  • Mounting the tutorial
• move command (ex) : Useful ex Commands
• moving files
• • What's Really in a Directory
  • Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
  • (see also copying files; renaming files)
• ms filename extension : Filename Extensions
• multiline
• • commands : Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
  • quoting : Multiline Quoting
  • shell prompts : Multiline Shell Prompts
• multiple
• • files, copying or comparing : Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
  • mailboxes : Multiple Mailboxes
  • names for one file : Files with Two or More Names
  • redirection destinations
  • • Send Output Two or More Places with tee
    • tpipe-Redirecting stdout to More than One Place
  • sessions : Ending or Suspending
  • shell sessions : Running Multiple Shell Sessions with screen
  • symbolic links, relinking : Relinking Multiple Symbolic Links
  • terminals, writing to : Writing to Multiple Terminals for Demonstrations
  • variables, creating for loops with : Making a for Loop with Multiple Variables
• multitasking : Job Control: Work Faster, Stop Runaway Jobs
• munchlist script : Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
• mv command
• • What's Really in a Directory
  • Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
  • Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  • -b option : Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
  • -i option : Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying

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