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(1) Tony Steidler-Dennison , Lockergnome Penguin Shell Series , Lockergnome.

Responsible for many of the commands listed in this document. In particular Lockergnome inspired much of the wildcards section: Section 20.4

(2) Brandon Rhodes , Linux Network Commands Page .

Responsible for parts of the network commands section: Chapter 13

(3) Michael Stutz , Linux Cookbook Homepage , No Starch Press.

Many of these commands have come from the Linux Cookbook (version 1.2). I highly recommend this book to any novice or intermediate GNU/Linux user, have a look at it online, and then of course buy it :).

(4) Michael Jordan , Linux Online Classroom , Linux Online.

Some very small sections of this document were taken from the Beginner's course on the Linux Online Website.

(5) man and info pages .

The man and info pages of various tools listed in this document have been used as a resource to assist in the creation of this document. They are a useful resource of up-to-date information on a program and should be consulted when you require information about a particular tool.

(6) Focus On Unix -- Unix.about.com .

Some of the tutorials under the power commands section of the unix.about.com site were used in the construction of this guide. In particular parts of the xargs command: Chapter 8 and parts of the cut command: Section 11.4 were used from their tutorials.

(7) MandrakeSoft Command Line Manual , MandrakeSoft .

The Command Line Manual developed for Mandake Linux 9.0 was used in the creation of this document. A small section (in regard to command-line completion) was used from this document. If you are running mandrake you will most likely find this guide here.

(8) MandrakeSoft Starter Guide , MandrakeSoft .

The MandrakeSoft Starter Guide, a guide developed for Mandake Linux 9.0 was used in the creation of this document. A small section (in regard to how to recover from a system freeze) was used from this document. If you are running a mandrake system you will most likely find the document here.

(9) Hrvoje Niksic , Wget Manual page , Free Software Foundation.

A section of the wget manual page was used in this guide, from this page, Wget Manual page. In particular relating to downloading multiple files while using the http protocol.

(10) Grep , Free Software Foundation.

Both wildcards subsections are based off the grep manual and info pages. The Useful Categories

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