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- w, Finding information about the system , File Permissions
- waiting, Network Commands
- wave, Finding information about the system
- wc, Text Information Tools
- website, Internet Specific Commands
- wget, Internet Specific Commands
- whatis, Help
- whereis, Finding files
- which, Finding files , Working with files and folders , Mass Rename/copy/link Tools , Controlling Processes , Network Commands , Miscellaneous
- whitespace, Text manipulation tools , Useful categories of characters (as defined by the POSIX standard)
- who, Finding information about the system , Shutting Down/Rebooting the System , File Permissions
- whoami, Finding information about the system
- whois, Internet Specific Commands
- wildcard, General Shell Tips , Mass Rename/copy/link Tools , Regular Expressions
- wildcards, Conventions used in this guide , General Shell Tips , Finding files , Mass Rename/copy/link Tools , Internet Specific Commands , Wildcards , Regular Expressions
- William West, Contributors
- window, The command-line history , Finding information about the system , Graphics tools (command line based)
- window manager, Virtual Terminals and screen
- windowing, Graphics tools (command line based)
- windows, Working with files and folders , Mounting and Unmounting (Floppy/CDROM/Hard-drive Partitions) , Text Related Tools , Text Conversion/Filter Tools , Network Commands , Compression
- Windows-format, Text Conversion/Filter Tools
- work-around,
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