Harley Hahn's Guide to
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Errors and Corrections Below is a list of all the known errors in the print edition of Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux, along with the corrections. (Note: I have already made all these corrections in the online, Web-based, version of the book.) If you find a another mistake, even a small one, in either version of the book, please take a moment to let me know. If you are the first person to find the error, I will give you credit in the list below. (Please check the list first.) Within the list, a red bullet [•] indicates a serious error. So far, there are only three serious errors: on page 250 and page 508, found by Tae Shen of China; on page 545, found by Charly Campodonico of Argentina. Errors without a credit were found by me. Page xxxiii, Acknowledgements [found by Darlene Schueller] Paragraph #7: "Susan Peirce" → "Susan Pierce" Page 26, Chapter 2 [found by Alan Iliff] 2nd last paragraph, line 1: "entirely" → "entirety" Page 34, Chapter 2 [found by Edouard Vachon] Figure 2-5 (at the bottom of the page) The caption is "The most important Linux live CDs". However, FreeBSD, which is listed in the table, is not a Linux distribution. Change the caption to: "The most important live CDs: Linux and FreeBSD" Page 36, Chapter 2 [found by Jon Sudlow] For Further Thought #2, line 3: "Linux Torvalds" → "Linus Torvalds" Page 39, Chapter 3 [found by Alan Iliff] Paragraph 7, line 3: "GE-45" → "GE-645" Page 54, Chapter 3 [found by Steven Cox] Review Question #1: "termina" → "terminal" Page 68, Chapter 4 Sample passwords near bottom of page: To the right of the passwords, the explanations should be in the regular text font, not bold monospace. Page 70, Chapter 4 [found by Doug Jones] In the section "USERIDS AND USERS" The continuation of the box from page 84 should be the same color. That is, it should be a bit lighter. Page 85, Chapter 5 [found by Alan Iliff] Top of the page: The continuation of the box from page 84 should be the same color. That is, it should be a bit lighter. Page 108, Chapter 6 [found by Skona Brittain] Hint box, 2nd paragraph: "Hold down the left <Alt> keys" → "Hold down the left <Alt> key" (singular). Page 119, Chapter 6 [found by Doug Johnson] Second hint, last sentence: "Appendix G" should be "Appendix E". Page 126, Chapter 6 [found by Alan Iliff] 8th line from the top: "runlevel 0:" → "runlevel 6:" Page 129, Chapter 6 "For Further Thought" #1, end of sentence 1: Space is missing. Page 165, Chapter 8 [found by Rick Udlock] middle of page, last paragraph of "Displaying the Time and Date": "Appendix H" → "Appendix F" Page 167, Chapter 8 [found by Skona Brittain] 4th line from the bottom: "The cal program" → "The calendar program" Page 217, Chapter 9 [found by Ryan Mathiot] Figure 9-8, under "General Commands": To start the help tutorial, use h, not z. Page 230, Chapter 10 [found by Skona Brittain] The colored box at the top: The two paragraphs following the box should be inside the box. Page 232, Chapter 10 Section heading ("The Formal Description..."): The word "syntax" is not a command, so it should be in the regular font, not monospace. Page 237, Chapter 10 Review Question #2: The general syntax of a Unix command should be on a line by itself, and each of the three parts should be in italics: command-name options arguments Page 250, Chapter 11 [found by Tao Shen] The last example on the page. • The command echo $SHELL displays the name of the login shell. Instead, use echo $0. If that doesn't work, use ps -p $$. Page 251, Chapter 11 [found by Skona Brittain] Sample output under "Here is some typical output": The third line of output should be two separate lines:
/bin/sh
Page 258, Chapter 12 [found by Alan Iliff] Third paragraph from the bottom:
"When this happens, is called the PARENT PROCESS..." → Page 280, Chapter 13 [found by Skona Brittain] Figure 13-2: In the "Chapter" column, change 12 → 13: for backslash, quote, double quote, braces, and dollar. Page 285, Chapter 13 [found by Ryan Mathiot] At the end of the second last paragraph: Within the parentheses, after "on the other", add: "; this will make sense after we discuss pathnames in Chapter 24" Page 286, Chapter 13 [found by Ryan Mathiot] Second last line on the page: The square bracket before "command" should not be bold. Page 348, Chapter 15 Hint: The three numbered points are in the wrong font. Page 354, Chapter 15 [found by Ryan Mathiot] 7th last last line on the page: inputfileis → inputfile is Page 355, Chapter 15 [found by Ryan Mathiot] Near the bottom of the page, the first line under Subshells: TTo → To Page 358, Chapter 15 [found by Ryan Mathiot] Middle of the page, first line of the paragraph that begins "So what is the limitation...": >$! → >&! (the dollar sign should be an ampersand) Page 360, Chapter 15 [found by Ryan Mathiot] Middle of the page, end of paragraph that begins "And now the shortcut...":
redirect both standard input and standard error → Page 403, Chapter 17 [found by Rick Wang] Note: The mistakes are only in the online edition; the book is okay. Example near the end of section "Comparing Unsorted Text Files":
The last < sign and two > signs were reversed.
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Page 478, Chapter 19 Section title: "Create a Total Ordering..." → "Creating a Total Ordering..." Page 485, Chapter 19 [found by Rick Udlock] text below Figure 19-4, sentence 2: "backslash (/)" → "backslash (\)" Page 490, Chapter 19 First footnote, last line: "<b>-i</b>" should be bold -i. Page 508, Chapter 20 [found by Tao Shen] Middle of paragraph 6 ("With other Unix systems..."), at the end of the 1st sentence: • "AaBbCcDd...Zz" → "aAbBcCdD...zZ" Page 518, Chapter 20 Applying Your Knowledge #1: In the first expression, "hello" is too far to the right. Page 545, Chapter 21 [found by Charly Campodonico] Middle of paragraph 4 ("In computer science..."), in the 2nd sentence ("For instance, the previous example..."): • "32 bits or 8 bytes of data" → "32 bits or 4 bytes of data" Page 561, Chapter 22 [found by George Yaar] Beginning of paragraph 3: The first part of the sentence is printed twice. ("In the fall of 1975...") Page 626, Chapter 22 For Further Thought #2: In the 1st sentence, "ex" should be bold. Page 636, Chapter 23 [found by Skona Brittain] Top of page, line 2: Within the syntax line, the word mode, printed in bold, should be printed in italics, because it is an argument. Page 636, Chapter 23 [found by Skona Brittain] Top of page, line 3: In the line following the syntax line, the words mode and pipe should be printed in italics, not bold. Page 698, Chapter 24 [found by Wayne Pollock] Within Figure 24-5:
POSIX uses ! instead ^ to match characters not in a list: Page 699, Chapter 24 [found by Wayne Pollock] Second listing from the bottom of the page:
POSIX uses ! instead ^ to match characters not in a list: Pages 703 and 705, Chapter 24 Running footer: There is an extra space after the "-", within "ls -dhltu". Page 753, Chapter 25 [found by Skona Brittain] Figure 25-5, top section: "filename contains pattern" → "filename matches pattern". Pages 890, Glossary "Zero file", sentence 3: Should be: The zero file is one of two bit buckets, the other being the null file . Page 905, Index [found by Wayne Pollock] Under "filenames", after "hyphens and underscores in": Add: naming 717-720 Page 906, Index [found by Wayne Pollock] Under "files", after "named pipes": Add: naming 717-720
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