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# Index: M

Macintosh text files : 35.11. Hacking on Characters with tr
magic number
  45.4. Fun with #!
  50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
magnetic tapes, naming : 20.3.2. What Is the Name of the Tape Drive?
mail program : 1.33. UNIX Networking and Communications
  sending yourself reminders : 40.11. Send Yourself Reminder Mail
mail shell variable : 6.9. Special C Shell Variables
  as array : 47.5. Using C Shell Arrays
mail.base program : 48.10. Working with Names and Addresses
mailboxes, disk space and : 24.2. Save Space with Bit Bucket Log Files and Mailboxes
MAILCHECK environment variable : 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users
MAILPATH environment variable : 21.8.2. For Bourne Shell Users
mainindex on PowerTools disk : 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
make program
  21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
  28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
  52.8.2.8. The make Program
  errors caused by : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
  printall option : 21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
"make: must be a separator on rules line 46" error message : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
make_print makefile:(on disc) : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
makefile utility
  21.9. Keep File Printouts Up-to-Date Automatically with make
  52.8.2.6. An Easy Build
  tracking program dependencies : 52.8.2.8. The make Program
makefiles : 28.13. make Isn't Just for Programmers!
man command : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
  examples : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
  -k option : 50.2. The apropos Command
-man macros : 50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
-man macros (troff) : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
manindex script : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
MANPATH environment variable : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
  adding : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
manual pages
  building index for : 50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
  categories : 50.1. UNIX Online Documentation
  deleting : 23.19. Deleting (BSD) Manual Pages that Aren't Read
  formatting : 50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
  MANPATH variable : 6.3. Predefined Environment Variables
  searching
    50.2. The apropos Command
    50.3. apropos on Systems Without apropos
    50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages
  types of : 50.6. Searching Online Manual Pages
  writing
    50.10. Make Your Own Man Pages Without Learning troff
    50.11. Writing a Simple Man Page with the -man Macros
master password file : 1.23. File Access Permissions
master wordlist, ispell program : 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
match command (awk) : 33.11.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands
memory : (see disk space)
menu prompts : 7.7. A "Menu Prompt" for Naive Users
metacharacters
  8.19. "Special" Characters and Operators
  (see regular expressions)
  (see wildcard characters)
Microsoft Excel, sc program compared to : 49.8. It's Great to Have a Spreadsheet
mins field in crontab entries : 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
minus sign : (see - (hyphen))
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) : 1.31. The X Window System
mkdir command
  4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  . and .. directory links : 18.4.2. Links to a Directory
mkfifo command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
mkfile, working around lack of swap space : 50.12. Common UNIX Error Messages
mknod command : 52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
.mm filename extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions
mode bits
  1.23. File Access Permissions
  1.25. Access to Directories
modelines : 30.19. Modelines: Bug or Feature?
modes, access : 4.8. Making Directories Made Easier
modification time, file
  16.2. Finding Oldest or Newest Files with ls -t and ls -u
  16.5. The Three UNIX File Times
  16.9. An Alias to List Recently Changed Files
  16.18. Listing Files You've Created/Edited Today
  16.25. Listing Files by Age and Size
  16.27. newer: Print the Name of the Newest File
  17.5. Searching for Old Files
  touch command and : 21.7. Setting File Modification Time with touch
modifiers : 26.4. Using Metacharacters in Regular Expressions
month in crontab entries : 40.12.1. Execution Scheduling
more utility
  9.19. For the Impatient: Type-Ahead
  25.3. Using more to Page Through Files
  starting : 38.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts
  testing with screensize file : 42.6.2. Screen Width and Height: screensize
motd.diff script
  2.14. motd.diff: Show New Lines in Login Messages
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
mount command
  17.22. Finding the Links to a File
  52.5.2. Mounting the CD-ROM
move command (ex) : 33.4. Useful ex Commands
moving files
  18.2. What's Really in a Directory
  21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
  (see also copying files; renaming files)
.ms filename extension : 1.17. Filename Extensions
multiline
  commands : 9.13. Multiline Commands, Secondary Prompts
  quoting : 8.14.4. Multiline Quoting
  shell prompts : 7.5. Multiline Shell Prompts
multiple
  files, copying or comparing : 18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
  mailboxes : 21.8.1.1. Multiple Mailboxes
  names for one file : 18.3. Files with Two or More Names
  redirection destinations
    13.9. Send Output Two or More Places with tee
    13.11. tpipe-Redirecting stdout to More than One Place
  sessions : 22.22.1. Ending or Suspending
  shell sessions : 12.9. Running Multiple Shell Sessions with screen
  symbolic links, relinking : 18.14. Relinking Multiple Symbolic Links
  terminals, writing to : 13.12. Writing to Multiple Terminals for Demonstrations
  variables, creating for loops with : 45.17. Making a for Loop with Multiple Variables
multitasking : 12.1. Job Control: Work Faster, Stop Runaway Jobs
munchlist script : 29.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary
mv command
  18.2. What's Really in a Directory
  18.9. Renaming, Copying, or Comparing a Set of Files
  52.4. Quick Descriptions of What's on the Disc
  -b option : 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying
  -i option : 21.11. Safer Removing, Moving, and Copying

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