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Index: M

m command, marking place in vi editor: 17.29. Finding Your Place with Undo

m (ending escape sequence): 8.6.1. Trying It

m (map) option (tset command): 5.3. Setting the Terminal Type When You Log In

M-x in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)

MAC (Ethernet) address: 46.10. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Mac OS X: 1.1. What's Special About Unix?

Darwin: 1.3. The Core of Unix

downloading and installing One-Step: 40.8. The curl Application and One-Step GNU-Darwin Auto-Installer for OS X

enabling root access to: 49.12. Enabling Root in Darwin

passwords, storing: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?

SSH on: 51.1. Enabling Remote Access on Mac OS X

swap space, checking contents of /var/vm with ls: 48.6.2. Checking Swap Space

Terminal application: 3.2. The Mac OS X Terminal Application

color capabilities: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts

command-k to delete scrollback buffer: 4.17. Running Commands When You Log Out

user and group management through Netinfo: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User

Macintosh

carriage returns in text files, translating to newlines: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr

keyboards, CTRL and CAPS LOCK: 6.1. Defining Keys and Button Presses with xmodmap

Microsoft Word file, converting for Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell

macros

Emacs: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List

troff -man: 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff

magic-space tcsh editor function: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing

mail: 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

directory for: 7.7. Make More Directories!

Emacs facility: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List

headers, removing with behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead

permissions for files: 50.2.1. User, Group, and World

SMTP (Simple Message Transfer Protocol): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

mail exchanger (MX) records: 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting

46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

stored by DNS: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)

mail program: 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications

(backslash) before history characters: 30.16. Instead of Changing History Characters

redirecting input for: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output

redirecting standard error to: 43.3. Send (Only) Standard Error Down a Pipe

sending yourself email copy of fortune: 36.26. Outputting Text to an X Window

shortcut for multiple addresses: 28.4. Build Strings with { }

Mail User Agents (MUAs or UAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

mailboxes, disk space and: 15.3. Save Space with "Bit Bucket" Log Files and Mailboxes

mailto utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding

Main Options menu (xterm): 5.17. The xterm Menus

make utility: 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!

configuring source code: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch

installing Samba: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

make clean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process

make distclean command: 40.4. Simplifying the make Process

software installation problems with differing versions: 40.3. Which make?

makealias command: 29.10. Fix Quoting in csh Aliases with makealias and quote

Makefile.in (configure file): 40.4. Simplifying the make Process

Makefiles (or makefiles): 11.10. make Isn't Just for Programmers!

for NIS: 11.11. Even More Uses for make

for Perl: 41.3. Compiling Perl from Scratch

makewhatis utility: 2.2. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries

man command: 2.1. The man Command

command-line options: 2.1. The man Command

-man macros (troff): 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff

MANPATH environment variable: 2.1. The man Command

35.5. Predefined Environment Variables

adding: 3.21. Make Your Own Manpages Without Learning troff

manual pages

formatted with nroff commands: 45.12. Typesetting Manpages: nroff

locating for a program: 2.3. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located

MANPATH environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables

Perl

perldata manpage for variable interpolation: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

on Unix system: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

searching: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages

for shell prompts: 4.3. Dynamic Prompts

types of: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages

map( ) function: 42.3.2. Functions

map commands, vi: 18.2. Save Time and Typing with the vi map Commands

18.5. Keymaps for Pasting into a Window Running vi

(see also keymaps, vi)

arrow key mappings in text-input mode, disadvantages of: 18.3. What You Lose When You Use map!

command mode maps: 18.2.1. Command Mode Maps

text-input mode maps: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps

| (vertical bar), quoting in: 18.6. Protecting Keys from Interpretation by ex

arrow keys, mapping: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps

disabling temporarily: 18.2.2. Text-Input Mode Maps

mappings, keyboard events at server level (see keysym mappings)

mark command: 31.12. Marking Your Place with a Shell Variable

markup languages: 45.13. Formatting Markup Languages — troff, LATEX, HTML, and So On

master password file: 1.17. File Access Permissions

master word list, ispell program: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary

match command (awk): 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands

matching (see grep commands pattern matching regular expressions)

max log size directive (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

maxdepth operator (find command): 14.15. Removing a Strange File by its i-number

maximum file size, setting in shells: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit

memory

information about from meminfo file: 24.9.1. Memory Information

virtual memory statistics, checking: 48.6.4. Other Checks

menu completion: 28.6.2. Menu Completion

menu prompts: 4.9. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users

menus, xterm: 5.17. The xterm Menus

merge option (xrdb): 6.8. Setting Resources with xrdb

merging files

in CVS: 39.8. More CVS

in RCS: 39.5. RCS Basics

Message Transfer Agents (MTAs): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

MX records, use of: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)

META key in Emacs (see ESC-x in Emacs)

metacharacters

. (dot)

csplit search patterns, escaping in: 21.10. Splitting Files by Context: csplit

display by cat -v command: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c

displayed by od -c: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c

in regular expressions: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators

32.3. Understanding Expressions

32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions

34.10. Referencing the Search String in a Replacement

^ and $ anchor characters: 32.5. Regular Expressions: The Anchor Characters ^ and $

. (dot), matching any character with: 32.7. Regular Expressions: Match Any Character with . (Dot)

examples of use: 32.19. I Never Meta Character I Didn't Like

Perl: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching

search and replace commands for sed or ex: 32.21.2. Examples of Searching and Replacing

valid metacharacters for different Unix programs: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs

shell: 32.3. Understanding Expressions

in shells: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators

wildcard pattern matching in case statements: 35.11. Pattern Matching in case Statements

in X event translations: 6.4. X Event Translations

Metaframe (Citrix): 47.9. Citrix: Making Windows Multiuser

47.9.1. Citrix Metaframe

Metamail utilities: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding

methods: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

Python: 42.3.3. Everything's an Object

Microsoft

licensing, strictness of: 47.9. Citrix: Making Windows Multiuser

security: 48.3. Keeping Up with Security Alerts

Windows (see Windows)

Word (Macintosh) file, converting to Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell

MIME encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding

mimencode utility: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding

minus sign , under Symbols) (see - (dash)

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): 1.22. The X Window System

mkdir (2) system call, adding directories and their hard links: 10.4.2. Links to a Directory

mkdir command: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier

9.17. Duplicating a Directory Tree

history substitution: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier

Ðm option: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier

Ðp (parents) option: 7.8. Making Directories Made Easier

mkfifo command: 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs

/mnt directory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories

modem input, written with send: 28.18.1. Dialback

modem output, reading by expect: 28.18.1. Dialback

modems: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware

44.10. Win Is a Modem Not a Modem?

personal LAN over, gatewaying from: 46.13. Gatewaying from a Personal LAN over a Modem

testing with Expect program: 28.18.3. Testing: A Story

modems, checking for stalled data connections: 5.6.4. Stalled Data Connection?

modes

access permissions after chmod: 50.5. Using chmod to Change File Permission

editing modes in Emacs: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List

for directories: 7.3. Access to Directories

xterm menus, setting with: 5.17. The xterm Menus

modification times for files: 8.2. The Three Unix File Times

-mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files

csh alias to list recently changed: 8.8. A csh Alias to List Recently Changed Files

finding files by: 8.14. Listing Files by Age and Size

listing newest file: 8.15. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File

sorting files by (ls -t): 8.3. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u

modifiers for patterns: 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching

modifiers (in regular expressions): 32.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions

mod_python module: 42.4. Python and the Web

42.9. mod_python

modules

kernel, for device drivers: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules): 51.5. General and Authentication Problems

Perl

Audio::SoundFile: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

CPAN (Comprehensive Perl Archive Network): 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name

use module statement in scripts: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

Python: 42.1. What Is Python?

42.3.4. Modules and Packages

cgi: 42.8. cgi

checking your version for: 42.2. Installation and Distutils

htmllib and HTMLParser: 42.4. Python and the Web

42.7. htmllib and HTMLParser

mod_python: 42.9. mod_python

urllib: 42.4. Python and the Web

modulus (%) operator: 36.21.1. Syntax

month order, sorting in: 22.6.5. Month Order

more command, case-insensitive searches, faking: 13.12. Faking Case-Insensitive Searches

more program: 12.3. "less" is More

-s option for squashing extra blank lines: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines

PAGER environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables

piping to: 43.4. Problems Piping to a Pager

sed output, displaying: 34.4.1. checksed

starting: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts

MOTD, security and: 48.8. Importance of MOTD

mount command: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware

loop option: 44.7. Loopback Mounts

mounting, Network File System: 44.9. Mounting Network Filesystems — NFS, SMBFS

mounting filesystems: 44.5. Filesystem Types and /etc/fstab

44.6. Mounting and Unmounting Removable Filesystems

Network File System: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In

mouse

copy and past in tty-type virtual terminals with: 23.12.2. Scrolling, Using a Mouse

Emacs editors, not having to use in: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List

mouse for xterms: 5.9. Working with xterm and Friends

move command (ex): 20.4. Useful ex Commands

moving blocks of text delimited by patterns: 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns

moving files and directories: 10.1. What's So Complicated About Copying Files

between filesystems: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?

file, moving into another directory: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?

moving text with vi editor: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text

Mozilla browser, closing window by killing its processes: 24.22.2. Example #2: A Web Browser

mt command: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape

MTAs (see Message Transfer Agents)

-mtime operator (find command): 9.5. Searching for Old Files

9.7. The Times That find Finds

mtr (MattÕs traceroute): 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?

MUAs (Mail User Agents): 46.8. Mail — SMTP, POP, and IMAP

multiline commands

secondary prompts and: 28.12. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts

sed editor: 34.3. Invoking sed

multiline quoting, Bourne shell: 27.12.4. Multiline Quoting

multiline replacement strings, sed editor: 34.9. Newlines in a sed Replacement

multiline shell prompts: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts

multiple-line patterns, grep using sed: 13.9. A Multiline Context grep Using sed

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (see MIME encoding)

munchlist script: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary

mutliprocessing on Unix: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell

mv command: 10.2. What's Really in a Directory?

-f option: 50.7. Protect Important Files: Make Them Unwritable

file ownership and: 50.3. Who Will Own a New File?

i option: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files

modifying file without write permission: 50.9. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access

renaming files: 8.11. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name

renaming groups of files and: 10.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files

MX (see mail exchanger record)

mx function: 29.11.2. Functions with Loops: Internet Lookup

my operator (Perl variable declaration): 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy

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