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Index: W
- w command (sed)
 
  - sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: w
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 10, Reference: w
   
- \w escape sequence
: sed & awk, 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions
- \W escape sequence
: sed & awk, 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions
- w flag
: sed & awk, 5.3. Substitution
- wait command
    
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 8.5.1. wait
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.1. The Bourne Shell
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 38.16. Why You Can't Kill a Zombie 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wait
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: wait
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: wait
  
- arguments to
: Learning the Korn Shell, 8.5.1. wait
  
- in background jobs
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes 
        
- wall command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wall
- wallclock time
  
  - UNIX Power Tools, 39.3. The csh time variable 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 39.5. Why Is the System So Slow? 
  
- watch command vs. vis command
: UNIX Power Tools, 51.7. When You Get Impatient 
- watchq script
  
  - UNIX Power Tools, 38.11. Printer Queue Watcher: A Restartable Daemon Shell Script
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc 
  
- wc command
 
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 6.2.2. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wc
    
- Web, described
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications 
- weekday in crontab entries
: UNIX Power Tools, 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling 
- werase key
: UNIX Power Tools, 5.9. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters 
- what command (SCCS)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 17, Reference: what
- whatis command
     
  - UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whatis
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: whatis
  
- advantages
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries 
  
- apropos compared to
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries 
  
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.4. whatis: One-Line Command Summaries 
      
- when command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: when
- whence
  
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 2.1. Enabling Command-line Editing
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1.1. Functions
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.1. The Bourne Shell
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.5. bash
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: whence
  
- -p option
: Learning the Korn Shell, 4.4. Command Substitution
  
- -v option
  
         
    - Learning the Korn Shell, 4.1.1. Functions
    
- Learning the Korn Shell, 9.2.5. Exercises
    
- Learning the Korn Shell, 10.3.3. Tracked Aliases
  
   
- where command (dbx)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: where
- whereis command
  
  - UNIX Power Tools, 16.10. findcmd: Find a Command in Your Search Path 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.5. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: whereis
  
- examples
  
    
    - UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.5. whereis: Finding Where a Command Is Located 
  
  
- whereiz script
 
  - UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc 
  
- which command
 
  - UNIX Power Tools, 16.10. findcmd: Find a Command in Your Search Path 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using? 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: which
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 20, Reference: which
  
- -a option
: UNIX Power Tools, 4.10. Find All Command Versions with whereiz 
  
- alternatives to
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using? 
  
- examples
  
        
    - UNIX Power Tools, 44.21. Picking a Name for a New Command 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 50.8. Which Version Am I Using? 
  
  
  - setting the prompt variable
: UNIX Power Tools, 2.10. Gotchas in set prompt Test 
 
- while loops
 
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 5.2. for
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.4. select
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.2.2. Arithmetic Variables and Assignment
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 6.3.3. String Formatting Options
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.1. Reading lines from files
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.3. Code blocks
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.4. Reading User Input
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.5. Options to read
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3.1. Quoting
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.15.2. With a Loop 
  
- sed & awk, 8.2.1. While Loop
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 4, Reference: while
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 5, Reference: while
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 11, Reference: while
  
- in C shell
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.4.2. Expressions 
  
- case statement with
  
                   
    - UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line 
  
  
  - examples
  
 
    - UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.32. A Better read Command: grabchars 
  
   
  - for loops vs.
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop 
  
- handling command-line arguments
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift 
  
- jot command in
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.11. The Multipurpose jot Command 
  
- multiple commands
: UNIX Power Tools, 45.19. A while Loop with Several Loop Control Commands 
  
- read command used in
  
     
    - UNIX Power Tools, 45.16. Standard Input to a for Loop 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line 
  
  
  - redirected
  
 
    - Learning the Korn Shell, 7.2.2.2. I/O Redirection and multiple commands
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 45.22. Handling Files Line-by-Line 
  
  
  - shift command used with
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift 
  
- test command used with
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.17. Handling Arguments with while and shift 
  
- until loops vs.
  
   
    - Learning the Korn Shell, 5.5. while and until
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 44.10.2. Looping Until a Command Fails 
  
  
- whitespace
 
  - UNIX Power Tools, 1.2. Who Listens to What You Type? 
  
- sed & awk, 2.3.1. Specifying Simple Instructions
  
- sed & awk, 5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands
  
- adding or deleting
  
    
    - UNIX Power Tools, 25.9. Adding and Deleting White Space 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.13. pushin: Squeeze Out Extra White Space 
  
  
  - as awk delimiters
  
 
    - sed & awk, 2.4.1. Running awk
    
- sed & awk, 7.5.2. Field Splitting: The Full Story
  
  
  - cat command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 25.6. What's in That White Space? 
  
- double-spacing
: UNIX Power Tools, 25.12. Double Space, Triple Space ... 
  
- in filenames
  
   
    - UNIX Power Tools, 8.16. Quoting Handles Special Characters in Filenames 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 16.13. Can't Access a File? Look for Spaces in the Name 
  
  
  - newline characters
  
 
    - UNIX Power Tools, 1.29. When Is a File Not a File? 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 4.9. Setting Up vi with the .exrc File 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.10. Squash Extra Blank Lines 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 25.13. pushin: Squeeze Out Extra White Space 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?) 
    
- sed & awk, 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters
    
- sed & awk, 3.2.7. Positional Metacharacters
    
- sed & awk, 5.3. Substitution
    
- sed & awk, 11.2.3.3. Line continuation
    
- (see also whitespace)
    
- . (dot) and
: sed & awk, 3.2.2. A Wildcard
    
- allowing delays after
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?) 
    
- multiline pattern space and
: sed & awk, 6.1. Multiline Pattern Space
    
- ORS variable for
    
               
      - sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
      
- sed & awk, 7.7.1. Working with Multiline Records
    
  
    - in output
: UNIX Power Tools, 8.6.1. Portability 
    
- problems with xargs
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.22. xargs: Problems with Spaces and Newlines 
    
- in replacement strings
: sed & awk, 5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters
    
- RS variable for
    
    
      - sed & awk, 7.7. System Variables
      
- sed & awk, 11.2.1.6. Regular expression record separators (gawk and mawk)
      
- sed & awk, 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions
    
   
  
  - nroff/troff requests for
  
 
    - UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.13. Tabs
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 12.5.15. Vertical Spacing
  
  
  - problems with xargs
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.22. xargs: Problems with Spaces and Newlines 
  
- space as string concatenator
: sed & awk, 7.6. Expressions
  
- TAB characters
  
   
    - UNIX Power Tools, 8.18. Here Documents 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 24.6. Save Space with Tab Characters 
  
  
  - wc command and
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc 
 
- who command
 
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 4.4. Command Substitution
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 1.1.6.2. who
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 5.1.1.1. The > operator
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 9.16. Command Substitution 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 51.4. Who's On? 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: who
  
- examples
: UNIX Power Tools, 44.2. Writing a Simple Shell Program 
  
- on PowerTools disk
: UNIX Power Tools, 51.4. Who's On? 
         
- "who are you?" error message
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages 
- whoami command
  
  - Learning the Korn Shell, 7.1. I/O Redirectors
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 1.1.6.2. who
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whoami
  
- (see also logname command)
  
- errors caused by
: UNIX Power Tools, 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages 
      
- whois command
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: whois
- width, output field
: sed & awk, 7.9. Formatted Printing
- wildcards
: (see metacharacters/wildcards)
- window managers/systems
    
  - Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.1. Introduction to Windowing
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.1. Setting Focus
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.2.3. C.  Starting the Window Manager
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
  
- unlocking
: UNIX Power Tools, 42.2. Fixing a Hung Terminal or Job 
     
- windows
 
  - asynchronous, managing
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: layers
  
- checking height and width
: UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.2. Screen Width and Height: screensize 
  
- emacs commands for
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.2.10. Window Commands
  
- focus
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.1. Setting Focus
  
- iconifying/maximizing
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.1. Using the Titlebar
  
- managing
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
  
- menus for (mwm)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5.4. The Window Menu
  
- root (X Window System)
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.3.3. The Root Menu
  
- running software written for ASCII terminals
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.8. ptys and Window Systems 
  
- size
  
          
    - Learning the vi Editor, 7.1.1. The :set Command 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 42.5. Checklist: Screen Size Messed Up? 
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: jwin
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: stty
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: vi
  
     
  - testing
  
 
    - UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.1. Single Line Screen Width: 80cols 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 42.6.3. Set Width, Test Line Wrapping: longlines 
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: ismpx
  
   
  - titlebar
: Learning the UNIX Operating System, 2.5. Working with Windows
  
- X
: (see X Window System)
  
- xterm
: (see xterm windows)
   
- wksh shell
 
  - Learning the Korn Shell, A. Related Shells
  
- Learning the Korn Shell, A.3. wksh
  
- word abbreviation
 
  - Learning the vi Editor, 7.3.1. Word Abbreviation 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, 7.2.8. Word Abbreviation Commands
  
- word lists
 
  - UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: spell
  
- (see also dictionary files)
  
- arrays compared to
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays 
  
- in C shells
: UNIX Power Tools, 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays 
  
- variables set to
: UNIX Power Tools, 46.7. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters 
     
- word substitution (csh)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, 5.5.3. Word Substitution
- word vectors
: UNIX Power Tools, 8.12. Which One Will the C Shell Use? 
- word-erase character
: UNIX Power Tools, 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase 
- wordfreq script
    
  - UNIX Power Tools, 29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used 
  
- UNIX Power Tools, 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc 
  
- words
: Learning the Korn Shell, 1.1. What Is a Shell?
 
  - counting
  
 
    - UNIX Power Tools, 29.6. Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc 
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 29.7. Count How Many Times Each Word Is Used 
    
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: wc
  
   
  - doubled
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.8. Find a a Doubled Word 
  
- extracting
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.10. Just the Words, Please 
  
- lists of
: (see word lists)
  
- order of separation in command-line processing
: Learning the Korn Shell, 7.3. Command-line Processing
  
- searching multiple files for
: UNIX Power Tools, 17.21. lookfor: Which File Has that Word? 
  
- spell checking
: (see spell checking)
      
- working directory
 
  - Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.2. Your Working Directory
  
- Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.6. Changing Your Working Directory
  
- World Wide Web, described
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications 
- wq command (ex)
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: wq
- wraparound
: UNIX Power Tools, 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals 
- write( )
: UNIX Power Tools, 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine 
- write command (ex)
     
  - UNIX Power Tools, 33.4. Useful ex Commands 
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: write
  
- UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 9, Reference: write
  
- (see w command (sed))
    
- write utility
: UNIX Power Tools, 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications 
- writing
  
  - UNIX Power Tools, 13.12. Writing to Multiple Terminals for Demonstrations 
  
- (see also output)
  
- awk scripts for
  
   
    - sed & awk, 1.4. Four Hurdles to Mastering sed and awk
    
- sed & awk, 7. Writing Scripts for awk
  
  
  - from files
: sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
  
- to files
  
  
    - sed & awk, 2.3.2.1. Saving output
    
- sed & awk, 5.11. Reading and Writing Files
    
- sed & awk, 10.5. Directing Output to Files and Pipes
  
   
  - permissions
  
 
    - Learning the UNIX Operating System, 3.1.8.1. ls
    
- UNIX Power Tools, 22.2. Tutorial on File and Directory Permissions 
    
- absence of
: (see read-only files)
    
- modifying without
: UNIX Power Tools, 22.11. A Loophole: Modifying Files Without Write Access
    
- sticky bit and
: UNIX Power Tools, 22.6. Protecting Files with the Sticky Bit 
  
     
  - regular expressions
: sed & awk, 3.2.3. Writing Regular Expressions
  
- sed scripts for
  
  
    - sed & awk, 1.4. Four Hurdles to Mastering sed and awk
    
- sed & awk, 4. Writing sed Scripts
  
  
  - user-defined functions
: sed & awk, 9.3. Writing Your Own Functions
 
- writing to standard output
: UNIX in a Nutshell, Chapter 2, Reference: echo
- ww function
: UNIX Power Tools, 29.8. Find a a Doubled Word 
- WYSIWYG programs
: UNIX Power Tools, 43.12.4. WYSIWYG Document Processors 
   
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