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Index: N
- n command (sed)
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 10, Reference: n
- sed & awk, 5.10. Next
- N command (sed)
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 10, Reference: N
- sed & awk, 6.1.1. Append Next Line
- with P and D commands
: sed & awk, 6.1.3. Multiline Print
- \n escape sequence
: sed & awk, 6.1.1. Append Next Line
- .n filename extension
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.17. Filename Extensions
- -n option (sed)
- sed & awk, 2.3.2.2. Suppressing automatic display of input lines
- sed & awk, 5.2. Comment
- N>&- operator
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.2.1.3. Closing FDs
- n>&m operator
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.21. n>&m: Swap Standard Output and Standard Error
- examples
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.5. Test String Values with Bourne Shell case
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.9. Testing Your Success
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.11. Set Exit Status of a Shell (Script)
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.12. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.31. Nested Command Substitution
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.32. A Better read Command: grabchars
- UNIX Power Tools, 46.9. If Command Doesn't Return a Status, Test the Error Messages
- UNIX Power Tools, 47.2.1.4. More Elaborate Combinations
- name lines in termcap or terminfo files
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- naming
- script files
: sed & awk, 2.2. Command-Line Syntax
- namesort script
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- naming
- commands
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command
- directories
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.2. File and Directory Names
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.3. File and Directory Wildcards
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.21. Finding All Directories with the Same Name
- environment variables
: UNIX Power Tools, 6.1. What Environment Variables Are Good For
- files
: (see filenames)
- magnetic tapes
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.3.2. What Is the Name of the Tape Drive?
- multiple names for one file
: UNIX Power Tools, 18.3. Files with Two or More Names
- self-renaming scripts
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.4. Fun with #!
- shell scripts
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command
- special filenames
- sed & awk, 11.2.1.4. Special filenames
- sed & awk, 11.2.3.7. Additional special files
- terminals
: UNIX Power Tools, 5.10. Finding What Terminal Names You Can Use
- nawk scripting language
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.11. Quick Reference: awk
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- sed & awk, 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nawk
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 11.1. Command-line Syntax
- (see also awk scripting language; gawk scripting language)
- databases created using
: UNIX Power Tools, 48.10. Working with Names and Addresses
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.25. Shell Scripts On-the-Fly from Standard Input
- version history
: UNIX Power Tools, 33.12. Versions of awk
- neatening text
- UNIX Power Tools, 35.2. Neatening Text with fmt
- UNIX Power Tools, 35.3. Alternatives to fmt
- nested conditional statements
: sed & awk, 8.1. Conditional Statements
- netpbm
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- netstat command
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- Network Filesystem
: (see NFS)
- Network I/O problems
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- Network Information Service (NIS)
: Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3.2.1. The C Compiler as Pipeline
- network time
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
- networked filesystem
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.3. The Directory Tree
- networks
- archiving
: UNIX Power Tools, 19.1. Packing Up and Moving
- copying files across
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4.4.2.3. rcp
- find command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 17.25. Keeping find From Searching Networked Filesystems
- stream-oriented protocols
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
- utilities for
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- new features in next ksh release
: Learning the Korn Shell, A.7. The Future of the Korn Shell
- newform command
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: newform
- (see also cut command; paste command)
- newgrp command
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.6. Workalikes on PC Platforms
- UNIX Power Tools, 22.13. Groups and Group Ownership
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: newgrp
- newline characters
: (see whitespace)
- newline glitch
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- news command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: news
- news directory, accessing
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: news
- newsgroup, awk
: sed & awk, Other Sources of Information About sed and awk
- next command (awk)
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
- sed & awk, 8.3. Other Statements That Affect Flow Control
- sed & awk, 10.1. The getline Function
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 11, Reference: next
- (see also getline function)
- next command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: next
- next command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: next
- next command (sed)
: (see n command (sed); N command (sed))
- nextday script
- UNIX Power Tools, 40.10. nextday, nextweekday: Tomorrow or Next Weekday
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- nextfile statement
: sed & awk, 11.2.1.5. The nextfile statement
- nexti command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: nexti
- nextweekday script
- UNIX Power Tools, 40.10. nextday, nextweekday: Tomorrow or Next Weekday
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- adding calendar information to
: UNIX Power Tools, 48.4.3. Automating Your Own Calendar
- NF variable
- sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
- sed & awk, 10.1.2. Assigning the Input to a Variable
- NFS (Network Filesystem)
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.5.3.1. Directory Structure
- mounting
: UNIX Power Tools, 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In
- nfsstat command
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.12.3. The I/O Subsystem
- nice command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 1.8.2. Background Jobs and Priorities
- UNIX Power Tools, 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nice
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: nice
- background processes and
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.28. Some Gotchas with Background Processing
- nice number
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- niceness
: UNIX Power Tools, 39.9. Know When to Be "nice" to OTher Users...and When
- nine-track tapes
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
- nl command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nl
- nl program
: UNIX Power Tools, 25.21. Numbering Lines
- nm command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nm
- "no login associated with uid #" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- "No match" error
: UNIX Power Tools, 15.4. What if a Wildcard Doesn't Match?
- "no matches" error (ed, ex)
: UNIX Power Tools, 33.7. ed/ex Batch Edits: Avoid Errors When No Match
- NO SCROLL key
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 1.4. The Unresponsive Terminal
- no_run script
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- nobeep shell variable
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- noclobber shell variable
- Learning the Korn Shell, 3.3. Options
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.1. I/O Redirectors
- Learning the Korn Shell, 10.2.3. Types of Global Customization
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 5.1.1.1. The > operator
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.8. Shell Variables
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- UNIX Power Tools, 13.6. Safe I/O Redirection with noclobber
- UNIX Power Tools, 23.7. Safer File Deletion in Some Directories
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- NOG script
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- noglob shell variable
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- nohup command
- Learning the Korn Shell, 8.4.3. Ignoring Signals
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.1. The Bourne Shell
- UNIX Power Tools, 38.18. nohup
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nohup
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: nohup
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: nohup
- background processes and
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.28. Some Gotchas with Background Processing
- nohup.out file
: UNIX Power Tools, 38.18. nohup
- nolinks shell variable
: UNIX Power Tools, 14.13. Which Directory Am I in, Really?
- nom script
- UNIX Power Tools, 15.9. nom: List Files that Don't Match a Wildcard
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- trap command in
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.12. Trapping Exits Caused by Interrupts
- non-canonical input mode
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.7. Reading Verrrry Long Lines from the Terminal
- non-English characters
: sed & awk, 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions
- nonexecutable scripts
: UNIX Power Tools, 4.3. Organizing Nonexecutable Scripts
- nonlogin shell
: UNIX Power Tools, 2.2. Shell Setup Files-Which, Where, and Why
- nonomatch shell variable
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- nonprintable characters
: (see control characters; special characters)
- noremap command (vi)
: UNIX Power Tools, 31.14. Don't Lose Important Functions with vi Maps: Use noremap
- non-shareable files
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.5.3.1. Directory Structure
- Normal script
: UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
- NOT (!) operator
: (see !, negation operator)
- not a tty. message
: UNIX Power Tools, 38.6. The Controlling Terminal
- "not a typewriter" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- "not enough memory" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
- notepad, creating in terminal windows
: UNIX Power Tools, 48.3. A Scratchpad on Your Screen
- notify command
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: notify
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: notify
- notify shell variable
- UNIX Power Tools, 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables
- Novell
: Learning the Korn Shell, A.7. The Future of the Korn Shell
- Novell NetWare
: Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
- NR variable
- sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
- sed & awk, 8.4. Arrays
- sed & awk, 10.1.2. Assigning the Input to a Variable
- nroff program
- UNIX Power Tools, 43.13. The Text Formatters nroff, troff, ditroff, ...
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 12. Nroff and Troff
- as alternative to awk
: UNIX Power Tools, 48.12. Using index with a Filter
- commands
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages
- eliminating .so requests
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: soelim
- macros
: UNIX Power Tools, 43.14. nroff/troff and Macro Packages
- -man macros
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
- preprocessors of
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 16. Preprocessors
- requests, list of
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.4. Default Operation of Requests
- stripping non-printable characters
: sed & awk, 5.6.1. Stripping Out Non-Printable Characters from nroff Files
- null commands
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.8. Test Exit Status with the if Statement
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: true
- null filenames
: UNIX Power Tools, 23.13. Deleting Files with the Null Name
- null strings
: Learning the Korn Shell, 4.2.1. Positional Parameters
- number command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: number
- number registers
- in mm macros
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 13.3. Number Registers Used in mm
- for ms macros
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 14.2. Number Registers for Page Layout
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 14.4. Reserved Number Register Names
- in nroff/troff
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.11. Number Registers
- numbered replacement strings
: sed & awk, 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters
- numbering lines
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.21. Numbering Lines
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: nl
- numbering revisions (RCS)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 18.3.4. Revision Numbering
- numbers
- UNIX Power Tools, 49.1. bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
- (see also calculators)
- arithmetic functions
: (see arithmetic functions)
- comparing (relationship operators)
- sed & awk, 7.8. Relational and Boolean Operators
- (see also comparing)
- converting to strings
: sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
- converting units of
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: units
- factorials
: sed & awk, 8.2.4. Deriving Factorials
- hexadecimal
- UNIX Power Tools, 51.3. ASCII Characters: Listing and Getting Values
- sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
- tawk constants
: sed & awk, 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions
- limitations on
: sed & awk, 10.8. Limitations
- octal
- UNIX Power Tools, 1.23. File Access Permissions
- sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
- of ASCII characters
- UNIX Power Tools, 7.8. Highlighting in Shell Prompts
- UNIX Power Tools, 51.3. ASCII Characters: Listing and Getting Values
- interpreting
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.35.1. With echo
- for permissions
: UNIX Power Tools, 17.15. Searching for Files by Permission
- output precision
: sed & awk, 7.9. Formatted Printing
- prime factors
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: factor
- random
: sed & awk, 9.1.3. Random Number Generation
- truncating
: sed & awk, 9.1.2. Integer Function
- working with
: UNIX Power Tools, 49.1. bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
- numeric arguments
- with edit commands
: Learning the vi Editor, 2.3.3.1. Words
- with insert commands
: Learning the vi Editor, 2.4.1. Numeric Arguments for Insert Commands
- with movement commands
: Learning the vi Editor, 2.2.2. Numeric Arguments
- numeric capabilities
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
- numeric command returns
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
- numeric exit status
: UNIX Power Tools, 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
- numeric flags
: sed & awk, 5.3. Substitution
- numeric tests, syntax errors in
: UNIX Power Tools, 46.4. Stop Syntax Errors in Numeric Tests
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