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# Index: B

background commands : 3.1. Running Commands When You Log Out
background processes
  1.26. What a Multiuser System Can Do for You
  3.4. Automatic File Cleanup
  12.1.1. Foreground and Background
  38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
  automatically killing : 38.17. Automatically Kill Background Processes on Logout in csh
  exit status of : 44.7. Exit Status of UNIX Processes
  output from : 12.7. Stop Background Output with stty tostop
  preventing continuing after logout : 38.12. Killing All Your Processes
  watching : 40.2. Waiting a Little While: sleep
backquotes : (see `)
backslash : (see \)
BACKSPACE key : 41.2.2. Handling Most Characters
  deleting on command line : 9.2. Fix a Line Faster with Line-Kill and Word-Erase
  erase character : 51.6. Cleaning script Files
  location for : 2.13. A .cshrc.$HOST File for Per Host Setup
backspacing over shell prompts : 41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
backups : 20.1. tar in a Nutshell
  advantages : 20.2. Make Your Own Backups
  bkedit script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  of directories : 20.8.1. Including Other Directories
  Emacs auto-save, backup files : 32.4. Backup and Auto-Save Files
  RCS and SCCS : 20.12. Protecting Files with SCCS or RCS
  on remote tape drives : 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
  restoring files from : 20.4. Restoring Files from Tape with tar
  timestamps and : 20.7. Creating a Timestamp File for Selective Backups
"bad magic number" error message : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
Baldwin, Robert : 22.17. Ways of Improving the Security of crypt
bang : (see !)
banner command : 43.11. Big Letters: banner
banners, printing : 43.11. Big Letters: banner
basename program
  45.18. Using basename and dirname
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  bugs in : 45.18.1. Introduction to basename and dirname
  examples
    45.13. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program
    45.18. Using basename and dirname
  loops using : 45.18.2. Use with Loops
bash (Bourne-again shell)
  1.8. There Are Many Shells
  8.2. Introduction to bash
  8.17. verbose and echo Variables Show Quoting
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  (see also sh (Bourne shell))
  alias facility : 10.2. Aliases for Common Commands
  aliases in : 10.4. Aliases in ksh and bash
  .bashrc file : 2.2.4. bash
  C shell compared to : 47.1. Why Not?
  case statements : 2.12. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals
  command history
    11.1. The Lessons of History
    (see history of command)
  echo used in : 46.10. A Portable echo Command
  evaluating command line : 8.11. Which One Will bash Use?
  fc command : 11.14.2. In ksh and bash: fc
  history file : 11.11.1. bash and ksh
  octal character strings : 7.8. Highlighting in Shell Prompts
  passing command history to : 11.12. Pass History to Another Shell
  pre-prompt commands : 7.13. Pre-Prompt Commands in bash
  process substitution : 9.18.1. bash Process Substitution
  prompt setting
    7.4. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
    7.5. Multiline Shell Prompts
    7.9. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL
  speeding up : 2.11. Faster ksh and bash Startup with $- Test
  string editing in : 9.7. String Editing in ksh and bash
  string editing operators : 45.12. Parameter Substitution
bash command : 52.5.3.5. Installing Everything Using the Defaults
batch command
  40.1. Off-Peak Job Submission
  40.6. System V.4 Batch Queues
batch editing : 33.1. Why Line Editors Aren't Dinosaurs
  awk for : (see awk)
  diff command : 33.6. Change Many Files by Editing Just One
  ex scripting : 33.3. Line Addressing
  file size limits : 33.8. Batch Editing Gotcha: Editors Bomb on Big Files
  patch program : 33.9. patch: Generalized Updating of Files that Differ
  qsubst program : 33.10. Quick Globals from the Command Line with qsubst
  sed for : (see sed)
batch execution : 40.6. System V.4 Batch Queues
batch queues : 40.6. System V.4 Batch Queues
baud rate : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
bc program : 49.1. bc: Simple Math at the Shell Prompt
bdiff command : 28.7. diff for Very Long Files: bdiff
behead script
  35.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
Berkeley printing commands : 43.2.2. Berkeley Printing Commands
Berkeley UNIX : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
bg command : 12.1.1. Foreground and Background
  putting jobs in background : 42.2.3. Program Waiting for Input?
big environment, effects of : 39.8. A Big Environment Can Slow You Down
/bin directory : 4.2. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts
  /bin/time utility
    39.2. Timing Programs
    39.5. Why Is the System So Slow?
  programs in : 1.10. Internal and External Commands
  in search paths : 44.3.4. Shell Search Paths
binary data, archiving : 19.5. Using tar to Create and Unpack Archives
binary files, searching : 27.19. Finding Words Inside Binary Files
bit bucket
  13.15. What to Do with a Full Bit Bucket :-)
  24.2. Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes
bit rate : 41.2.1. How We Made It This Far (Back?)
bitmap files : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  with pbmplus : 52.7.1. Alternative Media
bkedit script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  examples
    44.8. Test Exit Status with the if Statement
    44.11. Set Exit Status of a Shell (Script)
    45.12. Parameter Substitution
blank lines : (see newlines; white space)
blank shell prompt : 7.10. What Good Is a Blank Shell Prompt?
block input operations : 39.3. The csh time variable
block output operations : 39.3. The csh time variable
block sizes, tape : 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
blocking factor : 20.6. Writing a Tape Drive on a Remote Machine
bold text : 43.18. How nroff Makes Bold and Underline; How to Remove It
Boolean capabilities
  in termcap or terminfo files : 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
Bourne shell : (see sh)
Bourne-again shell : (see bash)
Bournegol : 46.6. Watch Out for Bourne Shell -e Bug
Boyer-Moore search algorithm : 27.9. New greps Are Much Faster
braces : (see { })
brackets : (see [ ])
[ ] (brackets)
  [ command : 44.20. test: Testing Files and Strings
break command
  redirected loops using : 45.23. The Ins and Outs of Redirected I/O Loops
break command (awk) : 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
"broken pipe" error message
  46.1.1. Use -xv
  50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
bs capability : 41.11. How termcap and terminfo Describe Terminals
BSD standalone nice : 39.9.2. BSD Standalone nice
BSD tty driver
  echoing control characters : 41.5. Why Some Systems Backspace over Prompts
BSD UNIX
  alternatives for : 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
  changing a job's priority : 39.11. Changing a Job's Priority Under BSD UNIX
  file ownership and : 22.20. Why Can't You Change File Ownership Under BSD UNIX?
  manual page categories : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
  which command : 50.8. Which Version Am I Using?
BSDC shell nice command : 39.9.1. BSD C Shell nice
bsdtar program : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
bsplit program
  35.9. Splitting Files at Fixed Points: split
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
buffers for output : 13.9. Send Output Two or More Places with tee
Buggy Bourne Shell : 46.6. Watch Out for Bourne Shell -e Bug
build.pt script : 52.8.1. Running the Build Scripts
buildhash script : 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
built-in commands
  7.4. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-Ins
  8.11. Which One Will bash Use?
builtin command : 8.11. Which One Will bash Use?
burn-in : 22.18. Clear Your Terminal for Security, to Stop Burn-in
bus error (core dumped) error message : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
byte order conversion
  order : 35.13. Other Conversions with dd

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