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Index: N

n or N (next) commands, sed editor: 34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener

-name operator (find command): 9.6. Be an Expert on find Search Operators

13.3. Finding Text That Doesn't Match

-print operator, combining with: 9.12. Finding Many Things with One Command

using with -exec: 9.12. Finding Many Things with One Command

-name option, effect on resources: 6.7. How -name Affects Resources

named buffers, transferring text among with vi editor: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text

named pipes (FIFOs): 43.11. Named Pipes: FIFOs

named.conf file: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS)

names

of applications and resources: 6.7. How -name Affects Resources

computers on network: 2.5. How Unix Systems Remember Their Names

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

of programs, in error messages: 35.28. Finding a Program Name and Giving Your Program Multiple Names

SMB peers (NETBIOS): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

usernames: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User

nameservers (NS): 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting

namesort script: 22.8. Sorting a List of People by Last Name

namespaces in Python: 42.3.4. Modules and Packages

naming

commands: 35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command

35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command

environment variables: 35.3. What Environment Variables Are Good For

files: 7.6. Naming Files

shell scripts: 35.27. Picking a Name for a New Command

NAT (see Network Address Translation)

natd daemon: 46.11. Gateways and NAT

navigating Unix filesystem: 31.1. Getting Around the Filesystem

automatic directory setup: 31.13. Automatic Setup When You Enter/Exit a Directory

cd, speeding up with aliases: 31.9. Quick cds with Aliases

changing directories: 31.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath

changing directories with c (shell function): 31.10. cd by Directory Initials

current directory: 31.3. What Good Is a Current Directory?

finding: 31.4. How Does Unix Find Your Current Directory?

finding (anyoneÕs) home directory: 31.11. Finding (Anyone's) Home Directory, Quickly

loop control, break and continue: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue

marking your place with shell variable: 31.12. Marking Your Place with a Shell Variable

relative and absolute pathnames: 31.2. Using Relative and Absolute Pathnames

shell pushd and popd commands: 31.7. The Shells' pushd and popd Commands

navigation icons for resources shared with SMB network: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers

nawk utility: 20.10. Quick Reference: awk

awk variables, support of: 20.10.3. awk System Variables

examples: 36.18. Shell Scripts On-the-Fly from Standard Input

version history: 20.11. Versions of awk

ndown (network down) script: 24.22.3. Closing a Window from a Shell Script

ndown script: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons

ne (inequality) operator: 41.5.1. Scalars

neatening text (see editing fmt command)

negative numbers as variable values: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests

nested command substitution: 36.24. Nested Command Substitution

nested loops, breaking or continuing: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue

35.23. Loop Control: break and continue

nesting

` ` (backquotes): 28.14. Command Substitution

NETBIOS name: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

Netinfo, Mac OS X user/group management with: 49.2. When Does a User Become a User

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

netpbm package: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package

netscape -remote technique: 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments

netstat command: 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting

48.6.3. Check Network Connections

Network Address Translation (NAT): 46.1.1. Internet Protocol (IP)

46.11. Gateways and NAT

for PPP connections: 46.13. Gatewaying from a Personal LAN over a Modem

private addresses: 46.11. Gateways and NAT

network cards, kernel boot output for: 44.2. Reading Kernel Boot Output

network devices, configuring with ifconfig: 44.8. Network Devices — ifconfig

network devices, configuring: 44.1. Quick Introduction to Hardware

Network File System (see NFS)

Network Information Service (NIS): 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?

network interfaces for gateways: 46.11. Gateways and NAT

network time synchronization: 37.6. How Unix Keeps Time

networking language (SMB on Windows): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

networking utilities: 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications

networks: 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?

(see also connectivity)

archiving files for: 39.1. Packing Up and Moving

checking connections for security breaches: 48.6.3. Check Network Connections

computers, names of: 2.5. How Unix Systems Remember Their Names

configuration of network devices (ifconfig file): 46.3. Status and Troubleshooting

diagnosing problems with ping and traceroute: 46.4. Where, Oh Where Did That Packet Go?

printing over: 45.8. Printing Over a Network

CUPS package: 45.18. The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)

starting and disabling for dialup connections: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons

newer alias (printing newest filename): 8.15. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File

-newer operator (find command): 9.8. Exact File-Time Comparisons

newgrp command: 49.6. Groups and Group Ownership

50.2.2. Which Group is Which?

newlines

as argument separators: 27.12.1. Special Characters

awk procedures, separating: 20.10.2.1. Patterns

in Bourne shell quoting: 27.13.2. How Quoting Works

different characters for: 1.19. When Is a File Not a File?

DOS, converting to Unix: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories

Mac vs. Unix: 1.8. Anyone Can Program the Shell

n

in bash shell prompt: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts

in Bourne-type shells: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts

in event translation tables: 6.4. X Event Translations

quoted in sed, shell interpretation of: 34.24. sed Newlines, Quoting, and Backslashes in a Shell Script

in sed multiline replacement strings: 34.16. Making Edits Across Line Boundaries

translating Mac carriage returns to: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr

in vi @-functions: 18.4.4. Newlines in an @-Function

news

Emacs facility for: 19.2. Emacs Features: A Laundry List

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

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

next (n or N) commands, sed editor: 34.16. Making Edits Across Line Boundaries

34.17. The Deliberate Scrivener

next operator (Perl): 41.6. Perl Boot Camp, Part 3: Branching and Looping

nextdir command: 9.23.1. Using the Stored Lists

NFS (Network File System): 1.21. Unix Networking and Communications

directories, backups to remote tape drive: 38.7. Using tar to a Remote Tape Drive

directories remotely mounted by, hung terminals and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In

find command, preventing from searching: 9.28. Keeping find from Searching Networked Filesystem

installing packages residing on server: 40.5.1. Choosing the Access Method

mounting: 44.9. Mounting Network Filesystems — NFS, SMBFS

NFS (Network File Systems)

file recovery, vi -r command vs.: 17.19. vi File Recovery Versus Networked Filesystems

n>&m operator

echo commands ending with: 35.17. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts

examples: 36.24. Nested Command Substitution

redirecting standard output and standard error: 36.16. n>&m: Swap Standard Output and Standard Error

nice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To

background processes and: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control

BSD Unix

C shell: 26.5.1. BSD C Shell nice

standalone: 26.5.2. BSD Standalone nice

foreground jobs and: 26.6. A nice Gotcha

renice command: 23.7. System Overloaded? Try Stopping Some Jobs

26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To

26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness

System V, standalone: 26.5.4. System V Standalone nice

nice numbers: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To

26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness

BSD C shell nice: 26.5.1. BSD C Shell nice

BSD standalone nice: 26.5.2. BSD Standalone nice

System V C shell nice: 26.5.3. System V C Shell nice

System V standalone nice: 26.5.4. System V Standalone nice

niceness: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To

System V, C shell nice: 26.5.3. System V C Shell nice

NIS (Network Information Service): 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running?

nl program (line-numbering): 12.13. Numbering Lines

nmbd daemon: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

nobody (generic user for HTTP web pages): 48.6.1. Check Processes

noclobber shell variable: 14.8. Safer File Deletion in Some Directories

43.6. Safe I/O Redirection with noclobber

noglob option: 33.2. Filename Wildcards in a Nutshell

nohup command: 23.10. nohup

background processes, avoiding termination of: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control

disown vs.: 23.11. Disowning Processes

nohup.out file: 23.10. nohup

nom script: 33.8. nom: List Files That Don't Match a Wildcard

trap command in: 35.17. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts

non-ASCII characters in filenames, deleting files with: 14.14. Using unlink to Remove a File with a Strange Name

non-rewinding tape devices: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape

noninteractive shells: 3.4.2. Interactive Shells

nonlogin files, bash: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why

nonlogin shells

Bourne shell, .profile file and: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why

startup files: 3.4.1. Login Shells

xterm, configuring for: 5.10. Login xterms and rxvts

nonprintable characters

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

nonprintable characters in filenames: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames

nonprintable or control characters: 1.5. Programs Are Designed to Work Together

nonprinting characters

erasing with sed to eliminate extra blank lines: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines

filenames with, file deletion and: 14.16. Problems Deleting Directories

ls command, System V Unix: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames

octal values of, printing with ls -b: 8.12. Showing Nonprintable Characters in Filenames

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

nonprinting escape sequences in a prompt: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts

noremap command (vi): 18.12. Don't Lose Important Functions with vi Maps: Use noremap

not a tty message: 24.6. The Controlling Terminal

not equal to (!=) operator: 41.5.1. Scalars

NOT operator: 9.6. Be an Expert on find Search Operators

NOT operator (!): 20.10.2.1. Patterns

NOT operator (!), using with find command: 9.8. Exact File-Time Comparisons

notification of changed job state: 23.8. Notification When Jobs Change State

notification of job-state changes: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell

-nouser or -nogroup operators (find command): 9.16. Searching by Owner and Group

nroff program: 45.12. Typesetting Manpages: nroff

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

commands in: 2.4. Searching Online Manual Pages

formatting text with sed: 21.3. Alternatives to fmt

NT domains: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba

NUL characters: 12.4. Show Nonprinting Characters with cat -v or od -c

43.12. What Can You Do with an Empty File?

delimiters, using as: 9.9. Running Commands on What You Find

null command: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement

null or unset variables, errors caused by: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests

numbering lines: 12.13. Numbering Lines

numbers

ASCII class for: 5.14. Defining What Makes Up a Word for Selection Purposes

numeric exit status: 24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts

numeric mode (chmod): 50.5. Using chmod to Change File Permission

numeric operators: 41.5.1. Scalars

numeric sorting, alphabetic vs.: 22.5. Alphabetic and Numeric Sorting

numeric tests, syntax errors in: 37.3. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests

nup (network up) script: 24.22.3. Closing a Window from a Shell Script

nup script: 28.16. Separating Commands with Semicolons

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