SYMBOL

Index

[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

! (exclamation mark)
     != inequality operator 2nd
     !~ regular expression nonmatch
     ex command
     ftp command
     negating a pipeline, ksh
     negation in sed
     negation operator
" " (quotation marks, double)
     metacharacters for pattern matching and filename expansion
     quoting in bash and ksh
# (hash mark)
     #! command, in shell scripts
     .#file.revision
     comments in awk
     comments in sed
     comments in shell scripts
#define statements (C), generating template file from
$ (dollar sign)
     execute macro command, ftp
     field reference operator
     metacharacter
     prompt, bash and ksh commands
$HOME/.profile file 2nd
${ ... } syntax, referencing arrays
% (percent)
     %= assignment operator 2nd
     diff, format strings for
     metacharacter in replacement patterns
     modulus operator 2nd
     prompt
& (ampersand)
     && AND operator 2nd
     &= assignment operator
     AND operator
     ex command
     metacharacter in replacement patterns
' ' (quotation marks, single)
     metacharacters for pattern matching and filename expansion
     quoting in bash and ksh
( ) (parentheses)
     escaped
     grouping in regular expression pattern matching
     in bc expressions
     shell patterns
* (asterisk)
     ** exponentiation operator 2nd
     *= assignment operator 2nd
     metacharacter
     multiplication operator 2nd
+ (plus sign)
     ++ auto-increment operator 2nd
     += assignment operator 2nd
     addition operator 2nd
     metacharacter in pattern matching
     unary operator
, (comma) operator
- (hyphen)
     - - auto-decrement operator 2nd
     -= assignment operator 2nd
     in character ranges
     metamail command arguments
     negation operator
     subtraction operator 2nd
     tag names
. (dot) command, bash and ksh
. (dot) files
. (dot), metacharacter
.#file.revision
.cvsignore file
.cvspass file
.cvsrc file
.cvswrappers file
.exrc file (example)
.rhosts file
/ (slash)
     /* */, enclosing bc comments
     /= assignment operator 2nd
     division operator 2nd
: (colon)
     bash and ksh command
     ex editor
     sed command
:set command (vi)
; (semicolon), ;& instead of ;; ending ksh case
< (left angle bracket)
     << bitwise shift operator
     <<= assignment operator
     <= less than or equal operator 2nd
     ex command
     less than operator 2nd
= (equal sign)
     = = equality operator 2nd
     assignment operator 2nd
     ex command
     sed command
> (right angle bracket)
     >= greater than or equal operator 2nd
     >> bitwise shift operator
     >>= assignment operator
     ex command
     greater than operator 2nd
? (question mark)
     ?: inline conditional evaluation 2nd
     ??, printed by addr2line
     ftp help command
     metacharacter in pattern matching
     regular expression pattern matching and filename expansion
@ (at), ex command
[ ] (brackets)
     [[ ]] command, bash and ksh
     array index in bc
     enclosing character classes
     metacharacter in pattern matching
     optional elements in syntax descriptions
\ (backslash)
     escaping metacharacters
     quoting in bash and ksh
\", beginning of an Emacs buffer
\', end of an Emacs buffer
\( \) metacharacters, enclosing subpatterns
\B (interword match)
\b (word boundary) escape sequence
\e in replacement patterns
\E in replacement patterns
\L (lowercase), all characters in replacement pattern
\l (lowercase), first character in replacement pattern
\U (uppercase), all characters in replacement pattern
\u (uppercase), first character in replacement pattern
\W, matching any non-word character
\w, matching any word character
^ (caret)
     ^= assignment operator 2nd
     exclusive OR operator
     exponentiation operator
    metacharacter in pattern matching
         beginning of line assertion
         inverting character class
_ (underscores)
     tag names
{ } (braces)
     grouping statements in bc
     metacharacter in pattern matching
     sed editor, nesting command addresses
| (continued)
     alternation in pattern matching
     in syntax descriptions
     multiple patterns separated by
     OR operator
| (vertical bar)
     |& operator, two-way pipe to another process
     |= assignment operator
     || OR operator 2nd
~ (tilde)
     mail formatting escape sequences
     metacharacter in replacement patterns
     negation operator
     regular expression match operator
     shell variables, CVS
     ssh escape characters
     ~ !~ match regular expression and negation
~ (tilde), ex command