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]

& (ampersand)
     && (Boolean and)
     background commands 2nd
< > (angle brackets)
     < (input redirection) operator
    > (right angle bracket)
         > redirection operator
         >> redirection operator
         bash shell, interactive function entry
     \< and \>, matching word boundaries
* (asterisk)
     .info message selector, syslog.conf
' (backquotes)
     command quoting in bash
     command substitution
\ (backslash)
     escaping regular expression metacharacters
     escaping shell metacharacters
^ (caret), beginning of line matching in regular expressions 2nd
{ } (curly braces), enclosing function body
- (dash), leading dash (nice command)
$ (dollar sign)
     $# variable
     $( ) notation, command quoting
     $? variable
     end of a line, matching in regular expressions
     in variable names 2nd
     user prompt
! (exclamation mark), Boolean not operator
# (hash mark)
     #! (she-bang line) 2nd 3rd
     in comments
         /etc/modules.conf file
         /etc/printcap file
     root shell prompt
. (period)
     at job input and
     regular expressions, matching any single character
| (pipe character)
     regular expression modifier
     || (Boolean or)
+ (plus sign), regular expression modifier 2nd
? (question mark)
" (quotes, double)
     in regular expressions
     in shell scripts
' (quotes, single)
     aliased commands
     in regular expressions
/ (root) filesystem 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
     /usr directory
     /var directory
     directories
     mount points and 2nd
     partitioning guidelines
     pivot_root command
; (semicolon), command separator
~ (tilde)
     in mail
     shortcut for home directory 2nd
( ) parentheses, bash functions
1024-cylinder limit