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# Index: B

\b, \B metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
b (branch) command, sed editor: 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
  34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
b command (sed): 6.4.1. Branching (sed & awk)
  10.5. Alphabetical Summary of sed Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
b command, (less): 3.2. Looking Inside Files with less (Learning Unix)
\B escape sequence: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
B (move word) command: 2.2.4. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
-b option (vim): 11.2. Important Command-Line Arguments (Learning the vi Editor)
  11.4.1. Initialization for All vim Invocations (Learning the vi Editor)
\ (backslash): 7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
  (see also escape sequences, awk)
  \(\) regular expression metacharacters: 32.13. Regular Expressions: Remembering Patterns with \ (, \ ), and \1 (Unix Power Tools)
  \1, \2, ... metacharacters, recalling remembered patterns: 32.13. Regular Expressions: Remembering Patterns with \ (, \ ), and \1 (Unix Power Tools)
  \{ \} regular expression metacharacters: 32.11. Regular Expressions: Matching a Specific Number of Sets with \ { and \ } (Unix Power Tools)
    32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
  \! operator (C shell): 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments (Unix Power Tools)
    29.4. Setting and Unsetting Bourne-Type Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
  \(\) regular expression metacharacters: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
  in alias quoting: 29.3. C-Shell Aliases with Command-Line Arguments (Unix Power Tools)
  \<, \> escape sequences: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II (sed & awk)
    11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
  \`, \' escape sequences: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
  character classes and: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
  escaping regular expression delimiters in sed: 34.8. Delimiting a Regular Expression (Unix Power Tools)
  escaping regular expression metacharacters: 32.5. Regular Expressions: The Anchor Characters ^ and $ (Unix Power Tools)
  extended regular expressions and: 32.15. Extended Regular Expressions (Unix Power Tools)
  filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
  in X Window System resource definitions: 6.3. X Resource Syntax (Unix Power Tools)
  metacharacter: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
  multiline pipes in C shell scripts: 35.19. Shell Script "Wrappers" for awk, sed, etc. (Unix Power Tools)
  multiple-line statements in Python: 42.3.1. Indentation (Unix Power Tools)
  before newline, shell quoting and: 27.12.4. Multiline Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
    27.13.2. How Quoting Works (Unix Power Tools)
  Perl variables, preventing interpolation in: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy (Unix Power Tools)
  in prompt settings: 4.15. External Commands Send Signals to Set Variables (Unix Power Tools)
  quoting in csh: 5.2.3. Quoting (Unix in a Nutshell)
  quoting in sh and ksh: 4.2.3. Quoting (Unix in a Nutshell)
  quoting newlines in sed: 34.24. sed Newlines, Quoting, and Backslashes in a Shell Script (Unix Power Tools)
  regular expression metacharacters
    \< \\\>, matching words with: 32.12. Regular Expressions: Matching Words with \ < and \ > (Unix Power Tools)
    use in Unix programs: 32.20. Valid Metacharacters for Different Unix Programs (Unix Power Tools)
  in replacement text: 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
    5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
  in shell quoting: 27.12. Bourne Shell Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
    Bourne shell: 27.12.2. How Quoting Works (Unix Power Tools)
    C shell: 27.13. Differences Between Bourne and C Shell Quoting (Unix Power Tools)
  shell, terminal and program quoting, conflicts in: 27.18. How Many Backslashes? (Unix Power Tools)
background color: 8.6.2. Configuring It (Unix Power Tools)
background jobs: 1.8. Background Jobs (Learning the Korn Shell)
  4.1. Shell Scripts and Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
  8.2.2. Suspending a Job (Learning the Korn Shell)
  24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
  bringing into foreground with fg command: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
  creating: 8.2. Job Control (Learning the Korn Shell)
  killing: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  listing with their job numbers: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  notification of state change in: 23.8. Notification When Jobs Change State (Unix Power Tools)
  process IDs and: 8.4.2. Process ID Variables and Temporary Files (Learning the Korn Shell)
  putting into foreground: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  saving standard output and error of: 7.1.3. File Descriptors (Learning the Korn Shell)
  suspending with stop command: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  ways to refer to: 8.2.1. Foreground and Background (Learning the Korn Shell)
  with two-way pipes: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
background processes: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  1.10. The Kernel and Daemons (Unix Power Tools)
  23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  24.3. Managing Processes: Overall Concepts (Unix Power Tools)
  exit status, testing with if statement: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
  exit status of: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
  listing with jobs command: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
  output from, stopping: 23.9. Stop Background Output with stty tostop (Unix Power Tools)
  overloading system with: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
  preventing continuation after logout: 24.14. Killing All Your Processes (Unix Power Tools)
  running at lower priority with nice command: 23.4. Some Gotchas with Job Control (Unix Power Tools)
  shell capabilities for manipulating: 23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
  stopping automatically upon attempt to write to screen: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  watching: 25.9. Waiting a Little While: sleep (Unix Power Tools)
background processing: 7. Multitasking (Learning Unix)
  cancelling processes: 7.3. Cancelling a Process (Learning Unix)
  checking on processes: 7.2. Checking on a Process (Learning Unix)
backquote (`)
  `` (move to mark) command: 3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
    3.4.1. The G (Go To) Command (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
  marking characters (vile): 12.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
  move to mark command: 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
backquotes (see `, under Symbols)
backreferences (see numbered replacement strings)
  5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
backslash ( \ ) metacharacter: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
  6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
  \1, \2, ... metacharacters: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \< \> metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
  \@ metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \b metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \{...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \d, \D metacharacters: 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \E metacharacter: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
  \= metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \f, \F metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \i, \I metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \k, \K metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \n metacharacter: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \p, \P metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \(...\) metacharacters: 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \+ metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \? metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \r metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \s, \S metacharacters: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \t metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \U and \L metacharacters: 6.3.3. Metacharacters Used in Replacement Strings (Learning the vi Editor)
  \| metacharacter: 11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  \w, \W metacharacters: 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
backslash (\) (see \ (backslash) metacharacter)
  7.6. Expressions (sed & awk)
  6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
  as command: 2.4.6. Filename and Variable Completion and Expansion (Learning the Korn Shell)
  \<, \> escape sequences: 3.2.11. What's the Word? Part II (sed & awk)
    11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
  \`, \' escape sequences: 11.2.3.4. Extended regular expressions (sed & awk)
  character classes and: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
  as metacharacter: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
    3.2.1. The Ubiquitous Backslash (sed & awk)
  in replacement text: 5.3. Substitution (sed & awk)
    5.3.1. Replacement Metacharacters (sed & awk)
backslash-escaping: 1.9.2. Backslash-Escaping (Learning the Korn Shell)
BACKSPACE key: 1.1.8. Correcting a Command Line (Learning Unix)
  5.8. Setting Your Erase, Kill, and Interrupt Characters (Unix Power Tools)
  deleting in insert mode: 2.1. vi Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
  Emacs editor: 19.1. Emacs: The Other Editor (Unix Power Tools)
  erase character: 37.8. Cleaning script Files (Unix Power Tools)
  location for: 3.18. A .cshrc.$HOST File for Per Host Setup (Unix Power Tools)
  moving with: 2.2.1. Single Movements (Learning the vi Editor)
backup files
  bkedit script: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement (Unix Power Tools)
  Emacs: 1.12. Filename Extensions (Unix Power Tools)
    19.4. Backup and Auto-Save Files (Unix Power Tools)
    ignoring with ls -B: 8.7. Some GNU ls Features (Unix Power Tools)
  file ownership and: 50.3. Who Will Own a New File? (Unix Power Tools)
  ispell program: 16.2. Check Spelling Interactively with ispell (Unix Power Tools)
  macro for creation in vi editor: 18.14. File-Backup Macros (Unix Power Tools)
backup option (xrdb): 6.8. Setting Resources with xrdb (Unix Power Tools)
backups: 38.1. What Is This "Backup" Thing? (Unix Power Tools)
  compression, advantages and disadvantages of: 38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)
  cpio tape archiver: 38.13. The cpio Tape Archiver (Unix Power Tools)
  excluding files from: 38.9. On-Demand Incremental Backups of a Project (Unix Power Tools)
  GNU tar, using with remote tape drive: 38.8. Using GNU tar with a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
  incremental: 38.9. On-Demand Incremental Backups of a Project (Unix Power Tools)
  industrial strength: 38.14. Industrial Strength Backups (Unix Power Tools)
  making to a local device: 38.5. How to Make Backups to a Local Device (Unix Power Tools)
    deciding what to back up: 38.5.1. What to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
    floppies or zip disks: 38.5.3. Backing Up to Floppies or Zip Disks (Unix Power Tools)
    tape: 38.5.2. Backing Up to Tape (Unix Power Tools)
  making your own: 38.3. Make Your Own Backups (Unix Power Tools)
  protecting against accidental file deletions: 14.4. Tricks for Making rm Safer (Unix Power Tools)
  RCS and CVS: 39.4. Managing and Sharing Files with RCS and CVS (Unix Power Tools)
  to remote tape drive using tar: 38.7. Using tar to a Remote Tape Drive (Unix Power Tools)
  restoring files from tape with tar: 38.6. Restoring Files from Tape with tar (Unix Power Tools)
    remote restoring: 38.6.2. Remote Restoring (Unix Power Tools)
    restoring a few files: 38.6.1. Restoring a Few Files (Unix Power Tools)
  tar utility: 38.2. tar in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
    absolute pathnames, avoiding: 38.11. Avoid Absolute Paths with tar (Unix Power Tools)
    avoiding absolute pathnames: 38.11. Avoid Absolute Paths with tar (Unix Power Tools)
    options for: 38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
    tar command line arguments, order of: 38.12. Getting tar's Arguments in the Right Order (Unix Power Tools)
    wildcards, using: 38.10. Using Wildcards with tar (Unix Power Tools)
  utilities for: 38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)
  versions control systems, using: 38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
backward searching: 3.3. Movement by Searches (Learning the vi Editor)
"Bad file number" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
"Bad termpcap entry" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
! (bang)
  ex command: 9.2. Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
    4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
  negation in sed: 10.3.1. Pattern Addressing (Unix in a Nutshell)
  negation operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
    5.4.1.3. Bitwise and logical operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
  bang= inequality operator: 4.4.1. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
    5.4.1.4. Comparison operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
  =~ string inequality: 5.4.1.4. Comparison operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
    11.5. Operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
bang (!) (see exclamation point)
banner command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
barewords used as hash keys: 41.5.3. Hashes (Unix Power Tools)
base64 encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
basename command: 4.5.3. Pattern-Matching Operators (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  (see also dirname command)
basename program: 36.13. Using basename and dirname (Unix Power Tools)
  bugs in: 36.13.1. Introduction to basename and dirname (Unix Power Tools)
  examples: 36.8. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program (Unix Power Tools)
  loops, using with: 36.13.2. Use with Loops (Unix Power Tools)
bash (Bourne-again shell): 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
  1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
  27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
  { } (pattern-expansion characters): 28.4. Build Strings with { } (Unix Power Tools)
  aliases: 29.2. Introduction to Shell Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
    29.4. Setting and Unsetting Bourne-Type Aliases (Unix Power Tools)
  arrays
    browsing directories with: 9.23.1. Using the Stored Lists (Unix Power Tools)
    expanding ranges: 9.23.2. Expanding Ranges (Unix Power Tools)
  bash2, built-in kill command: 24.15. Killing Processes by Name? (Unix Power Tools)
  BASH_ENV variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
  .bashrc file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
  .bashrc or .bash_profile, hung terminals and: 5.6. Checklist: Terminal Hangs When I Log In (Unix Power Tools)
  case statements: 3.10. Automatic Setups for Different Terminals (Unix Power Tools)
  choosing built-in, external, or shell functions: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
  command history (see history of commands)
  command-line editing: 30.14.5. bash Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  completion features: 28.6. Automatic Completion (Unix Power Tools)
    hostnames: 28.6.3. Command-Specific Completion (Unix Power Tools)
  disown command: 23.11. Disowning Processes (Unix Power Tools)
  dynamic prompts, simulating: 4.4. Simulating Dynamic Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
  editing history substitutions: 28.5. String Editing (Colon) Operators (Unix Power Tools)
  environment variables for shell functions, changing: 29.12. Shell Function Specifics (Unix Power Tools)
  environment variables, unsetting: 35.3. What Environment Variables Are Good For (Unix Power Tools)
  exit status of command line, reversing: 35.12. Exit Status of Unix Processes (Unix Power Tools)
  exporting shell functions: 29.13.1. Exporting bash Functions (Unix Power Tools)
  fc -l command, listing previous commands with: 30.7. History by Number (Unix Power Tools)
  forcing to use internal exit command: 3.8. Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want? (Unix Power Tools)
  globbing (wildcard expansion), preventing: 33.2. Filename Wildcards in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  hash command: 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
  history -r command, cautions about: 30.7. History by Number (Unix Power Tools)
  history file: 30.12.1. bash, ksh, zsh (Unix Power Tools)
  ignoreeof variable: 4.19. Stop Accidental Bourne-Shell Logouts (Unix Power Tools)
  job control commands: 23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  limiting file size: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit (Unix Power Tools)
  loading changed PATH: 27.6. Controlling Shell Command Searches (Unix Power Tools)
  login and nonlogin, startup files: 3.4.1. Login Shells (Unix Power Tools)
  logout file, running commands when logging out: 4.17. Running Commands When You Log Out (Unix Power Tools)
  octal character strings: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
  parameter expansion shortcuts: 37.5. Quoting and Command-Line Parameters (Unix Power Tools)
  passing command history to: 30.13. Pass History to Another Shell (Unix Power Tools)
  pre-prompt commands: 4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
    4.16. Preprompt, Pre-execution, and Periodic Commands (Unix Power Tools)
  process substitution: 28.1. What's Special About the Unix Command Line (Unix Power Tools)
  prompts: 4.2. Static Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
    $ in: 1.7. Which Shell Am I Running? (Unix Power Tools)
    newline (\n) character in: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
    nonprinting escape characters: 4.10. Highlighting and Color in Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
    showing directory stack: 4.14. dirs in Your Prompt: Better Than $cwd (Unix Power Tools)
    subshell level, showing: 4.12. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL (Unix Power Tools)
  read-only functions: 29.12. Shell Function Specifics (Unix Power Tools)
  redirecting standard I/O: 43.1. Using Standard Input and Output (Unix Power Tools)
  scripts in this book: 27.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here (Unix Power Tools)
  SHLVL environment variable: 4.12. Show Subshell Level with $SHLVL (Unix Power Tools)
  showargs script: 27.5. Output Command-Line Arguments One by One (Unix Power Tools)
  special characters/operators: 27.17. "Special" Characters and Operators (Unix Power Tools)
  string editing operators: 36.7. Parameter Substitution (Unix Power Tools)
  stty tostop command, background jobs writing to terminal: 23.9. Stop Background Output with stty tostop (Unix Power Tools)
  terminal port type, putting into ttykind shell variable: 3.15. Terminal Setup: Searching Terminal Table (Unix Power Tools)
  ulimit -c command, removing limits on core dumps: 15.5.1. limit and ulimit (Unix Power Tools)
  wildcards, failing to match: 33.4. What if a Wildcard Doesn't Match? (Unix Power Tools)
bash shell: 1.4. Getting the 1993 Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  A.7. bash (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.1.3. The Unix Shell (Learning Unix)
  1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
BASH_ENV environment variable: 35.5. Predefined Environment Variables (Unix Power Tools)
.bash_login file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
.bash_profile file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
  CDPATH variable: 31.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath (Unix Power Tools)
.bashrc file
  CDPATH variable: 31.5. Saving Time When You Change Directories: cdpath (Unix Power Tools)
  logout file, making all top-level interactive shells read: 3.8. Setup Files Aren't Read When You Want? (Unix Power Tools)
basic regular expressions (BREs): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
batch command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
batch editing: 20.1. Why Line Editors Aren't Dinosaurs (Unix Power Tools)
  awk utility: 20.10. Quick Reference: awk (Unix Power Tools)
    command-line syntax: 20.10.1. Command-Line Syntax (Unix Power Tools)
    operators: 20.10.4. Operators (Unix Power Tools)
      20.10.4. Operators (Unix Power Tools)
    patterns and procedures: 20.10.2. Patterns and Procedures (Unix Power Tools)
    system variables: 20.10.3. awk System Variables (Unix Power Tools)
  changing many files by editing one: 20.6. Change Many Files by Editing Just One (Unix Power Tools)
  ed editor
    example: 20.7. ed/ex Batch Edits: A Typical Example (Unix Power Tools)
    failure on big files: 20.8. Batch Editing Gotcha: Editors Fail on Big Files (Unix Power Tools)
  ex editor
    example: 20.7. ed/ex Batch Edits: A Typical Example (Unix Power Tools)
    useful commands: 20.4. Useful ex Commands (Unix Power Tools)
  line addressing: 20.3. Line Addressing (Unix Power Tools)
  patch program: 20.9. patch: Generalized Updating of Files That Differ (Unix Power Tools)
  running scripts in vi: 20.5. Running Editing Scripts Within vi (Unix Power Tools)
  scripts, writing: 20.2. Writing Editing Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
batch execution
  immediate: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  printing queued jobs: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  removing queued jobs: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  at specified date/time: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
    2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
bc command: 8.5.4. Coroutines with Two-Way Pipes (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
bdiff command: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
beep mode (see command mode)
BEGIN and END patterns, awk: 20.10.2.1. Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
BEGIN pattern: 7.2. Hello, World (sed & awk)
  command-line parameters and: 7.10. Passing Parameters Into a Script (sed & awk)
BEGIN procedure: 11.1.6. Control Flow (sed & awk)
BEGINFILE procedure (tawk): 11.3.2.1. Tawk language extensions (sed & awk)
beginning
  of line (see ^ (circumflex))
  of word (see \<, \> escape sequences)
behead script: 21.5. Remove Mail/News Headers with behead (Unix Power Tools)
  21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
Bell Laboratories: 1.3.1. The Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
Bell Labs awk: 11.2.2. Bell Labs awk (sed & awk)
Bell Labs research operating system (Plan 9): 1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
Berkeley-based Unix
  ex, vi, view, edit commands, linked to same executable file: 36.8. Save Disk Space and Programming: Multiple Names for a Program (Unix Power Tools)
  group file ownership: 50.2.2. Which Group is Which? (Unix Power Tools)
  printing commands: 45.2.1. lpr-Style Printing Commands (Unix Power Tools)
  tr command, ranges in: 21.11. Hacking on Characters with tr (Unix Power Tools)
Berkeley Internet Name Daemon (bind): 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
  DNS cache, setting up local: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
bfs command: B.2. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
bg command: 8.2.2. Suspending a Job (Learning the Korn Shell)
  7.1. Running a Command in the Background (Learning Unix)
  4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
  5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  23.1. Job Control in a Nutshell (Unix Power Tools)
  23.2.2. Using Job Control from Your Shell (Unix Power Tools)
  putting jobs in background: 5.6.3. Program Waiting for Input? (Unix Power Tools)
:bg (hide window) command (nvi): 9.5. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
bgnice option: 3.3. Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
  coroutines and: 8.5.2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Coroutines (Learning the Korn Shell)
bgnice option (ksh): 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
bg_nice option (zsh): 24.20. The Process Chain to Your Window (Unix Power Tools)
bibliographic references, preprocessing: 17.4. refer (Unix in a Nutshell)
biff command: 3.4.2.2. Mail variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
bin directory: 3.1.3. The Directory Tree (Learning Unix)
binary characters, inserting into Emacs files: 19.10. Inserting Binary Characters into Files (Unix Power Tools)
binary command (FTP): 6.4.2.1. Command-line ftp (Learning Unix)
binary data, editing: 8.6.2. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
  elvis editor: 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
  nvi editor: 9.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
  vile editor: 12.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
  vim editor: 11.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
binary files
  accessible by users in /usr/bin subdirectory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
  archiving system test file: 38.10.3. Wildcard Gotchas in GNU tar (Unix Power Tools)
  encoding into ASCII: 21.12. Encoding "Binary" Files into ASCII (Unix Power Tools)
    MIME encoding: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
    uuencoding: 21.12.1. uuencoding (Unix Power Tools)
  executables, access time updates: 14.17. Deleting Stale Files (Unix Power Tools)
  searching for words in: 13.15. Finding Words Inside Binary Files (Unix Power Tools)
  system, in /sbin directory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
binary option (elvis): 10.8.4. Arbitrary Length Lines and Binary Data (Learning the vi Editor)
/bin/bsh: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
/bin/csh: 1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bind (Berkeley Internet Name Daemon): 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
  DNS cache, setting up: 46.9. Domain Name Service (DNS) (Unix Power Tools)
bind command: 30.14.4. ksh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  -l option: 30.14.4. ksh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
:bind-key command: 12.10.1. The vile Editing Model (Learning the vi Editor)
binding operator (=~): 41.7. Perl Boot Camp, Part 4: Pattern Matching (Unix Power Tools)
/bindirectory: 7.4. A bin Directory for Your Programs and Scripts (Unix Power Tools)
  40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
  40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
  /bin/passwd, automating: 28.18.2. Automating /bin/passwd (Unix Power Tools)
  programs in: 1.9. Internal and External Commands (Unix Power Tools)
  remote shell (rsh): 6.10.2. Starting a Remote Client with rsh and ssh (Unix Power Tools)
bindkey command: 1.5.4. Additional Shell Commands (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  -c option: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  -k option: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  -l option: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  -v option: 30.14.6. zsh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
  tcsh editing: 30.14.3. tcsh Editing (Unix Power Tools)
/bin/sh: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bison command: 1.6.1. Standard Unix Development Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bit bucket: 15.3. Save Space with "Bit Bucket" Log Files and Mailboxes (Unix Power Tools)
BITFTP: 0.. BITFTP (sed & awk)
bitmaps: 45.19. The Portable Bitmap Package (Unix Power Tools)
bitwise operators: 6.2. Numeric Variables and Arithmetic (Learning the Korn Shell)
bitwise operators (csh): 5.4.1.3. Bitwise and logical operators (Unix in a Nutshell)
bitwise or (|) operator: 41.4. Perl Boot Camp, Part 1: Typical Script Anatomy (Unix Power Tools)
bkedit script: 35.13. Test Exit Status with the if Statement (Unix Power Tools)
  ending and setting exit status: 35.16. Set Exit Status of a Shell (Script) (Unix Power Tools)
  parameter substitution in: 36.7. Parameter Substitution (Unix Power Tools)
blank character class: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
blank lines, squashing extras: 12.7. Squash Extra Blank Lines (Unix Power Tools)
blank shell prompts: 4.13. What Good Is a Blank Shell Prompt? (Unix Power Tools)
bless tool: 1.6.3. Macintosh Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
blinktime option (elvis): 10.6.4. Options (Learning the vi Editor)
block cursors: 2.4.2. Using a Mouse with xterm Windows (Learning Unix)
"Block device required" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
block size (characters): 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
"Block special file" message: 1.1.2. Problems Opening Files (Learning the vi Editor)
block (visual) mode: 8.6.6. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
  elvis editor: 10.8.6. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
  vile editor: 12.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
  vim editor: 11.8.7. Visual Mode (Learning the vi Editor)
blocks
  of bytes, counting with tail -b command: 12.9. Finer Control on tail (Unix Power Tools)
  of code, defining in Python: 42.3.1. Indentation (Unix Power Tools)
  of text, defining with patterns: 17.13. Moving Blocks of Text by Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
  of related options in smb.conf files: 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
blocks, measuring total n, (ls -l): 3.1.8. Listing Files with ls (Learning Unix)
blocks of code (see code blocks)
blocks of text: 6.3.3. Building Blocks of Text (sed & awk)
body of email, forming properly: 21.12.2. MIME Encoding (Unix Power Tools)
bold text: 5.18.1. VT Fonts Menu (Unix Power Tools)
  8.6.1. Trying It (Unix Power Tools)
bookmarks, placing: 4.4. Marking Your Place (Learning the vi Editor)
Boolean operators: 41.5.1. Scalars (Unix Power Tools)
  combining awk patterns with: 20.10.2.1. Patterns (Unix Power Tools)
Boolean operators, awk: 7.8. Relational and Boolean Operators (sed & awk)
  variables as Boolean patterns: 11.1.4. Variables as Boolean Patterns (sed & awk)
boot -v command: 44.2. Reading Kernel Boot Output (Unix Power Tools)
boot-time behavior: 8.3.2. nvram (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
/bootdirectory: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
booting
  in single-user mode: 2.1. Booting Mac OS X (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  Mac OS X: 2.1. Booting Mac OS X (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
BootX loader: 2. Startup (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
Bostic, Keith: 9.1. Author and History (Learning the vi Editor)
bottom-line commands: 1. The vi Text Editor (Learning the vi Editor)
boundary-checking versions of C functions: 48.4. What We Mean by Buffer Overflow (Unix Power Tools)
Bourne (sh) shell: 1.1.3. The Unix Shell (Learning Unix)
Bourne shell (see sh)
  1.3.1. The Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.3.2. Features of the Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.4. Getting the 1993 Korn Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2. Command-Line Editing (Learning the Korn Shell)
  3.3. Options (Learning the Korn Shell)
  A.1. The Bourne Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.1. Mac OS X Shells (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
  1.6. There Are Many Shells (Unix Power Tools)
  27.1. What the Shell Does (Unix Power Tools)
  27.3.3. Types of Shells (Unix Power Tools)
  (see also bash; ksh; sh; zsh)
  command substitution and: 4.6. Command Substitution (Learning the Korn Shell)
  functions and: 4.1.1. Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
  installing Korn shell as: 10.1. Installing the Korn Shell as the Standard Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  newlines in prompts: 4.7. Multiline Shell Prompts (Unix Power Tools)
  profile file: 3.3. Shell Setup Files — Which, Where, and Why (Unix Power Tools)
  scripts in this book, running on: 27.3.5. Bourne Shell Used Here (Unix Power Tools)
  types of: 27.3.3. Types of Shells (Unix Power Tools)
Bourne, Stephen: 1.3. History of Unix Shells (Learning the Korn Shell)
brace expansion: 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
braces ({}) A.2.1. Pattern Addressing (sed & awk)
  in awk: 2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
    2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
    8.1. Conditional Statements (sed & awk)
    2.1. Awk, by Sed and Grep, out of Ed (sed & awk)
    2.4.1. Running awk (sed & awk)
    8.1. Conditional Statements (sed & awk)
  \{\} metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
    3.2.8. A Span of Characters (sed & awk)
    3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
    3.2.8. A Span of Characters (sed & awk)
  \{...} metacharacter: 10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    10.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  { (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
    3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
  } (move cursor) command: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
    3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
  [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  finding and matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
    7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
  grouping sed commands in: 4.2.1. Grouping Commands (sed & awk)
    5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands (sed & awk)
    4.2.1. Grouping Commands (sed & awk)
    5.1. About the Syntax of sed Commands (sed & awk)
  groups of commands: 4.2.4. Command Forms (Unix in a Nutshell)
  metacharacter: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
  metacharacters: 8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    8.4. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    9.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
[] (brackets) metacharacters: 3.2. A Line-Up of Characters (sed & awk)
  3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
[::] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
[..] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
[==] metacharacters: 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
bracket ([]) as wildcards: 4.2. File and Directory Wildcards (Learning Unix)
bracket expressions: 3.2.4. Character Classes (sed & awk)
bracket expressions, POSIX: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
brackets ([]) 4.5.2.3. Korn shell versus awk/egrep regular expressions (Learning the Korn Shell)
  [*, ]* (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [}, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [{, ]} (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [[, ]] (move cursor) commands: 3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
    3.2. Movement by Text Blocks (Learning the vi Editor)
  [: :] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  [^D, ]^D (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
  [. .] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  [= =] metacharacters: 6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
    6.3.2. POSIX Bracket Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  [I, ]I (file search) commands (vim): 11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.2. Include file searching (Learning the vi Editor)
  [(, ]) (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [#, ]# (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [/, ]/ (matching) commands (vim): 11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.10.2.3. Cursor motion commands for programming (Learning the vi Editor)
  [[ ]] command (ksh): 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
  [[...]] for comparison tests: 5.1.4. Condition Tests (Learning the Korn Shell)
  filename metacharacter: 4.2.2. Filename Metacharacters (Unix in a Nutshell)
  matching: 7.5.2. A Special Search Command (Learning the vi Editor)
  metacharacters: 6.3.1. Search Patterns (Unix in a Nutshell)
    6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
    6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
branch (b) command, sed editor: 34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
  34.20. Making Edits Everywhere Except... (Unix Power Tools)
branch command (see b command (sed))
branching: 6.4.1. Branching (sed & awk)
branching commands (sed): 10.4.5. Branching Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
break command: 31.6. Loop Control: break and continue (Unix Power Tools)
  35.23. Loop Control: break and continue (Unix Power Tools)
  awk: 20.10.7. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix Power Tools)
break command (awk): 11.10. Alphabetical Summary of Functions and Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
break command (csh): 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
break command (sh, ksh): 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
break statement: 5.4. select (Learning the Korn Shell)
  8.3. Other Statements That Affect Flow Control (sed & awk)
breaking lines: 11.2.3.3. Line continuation (sed & awk)
breakpoints: 9.2.3.3. Breakpoints (Learning the Korn Shell)
breaksw command: 5.8. Built-in C Shell Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
BREs (basic regular expressions): 3.2.4.3. POSIX character class additions (sed & awk)
broken links: 10.5. Creating and Removing Links (Unix Power Tools)
:browse command: 10.11. elvis Futures (Learning the vi Editor)
browseable option (smb.conf): 47.2. Installing and Configuring Samba (Unix Power Tools)
browsers
  closing window by killing its processes: 24.22.2. Example #2: A Web Browser (Unix Power Tools)
  for Samba: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers (Unix Power Tools)
  SMB network: 47.4. SWAT and GUI SMB Browsers (Unix Power Tools)
  text copied from, reformatting: 5.21. Tips for Copy and Paste Between Windows (Unix Power Tools)
browsers, using graphical filesystems: 3.4. Graphical Filesystem Browsers (Learning Unix)
bs values (lptype option): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
BSD: 1. Korn Shell Basics (Learning the Korn Shell)
  1.3. History of Unix Shells (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2.4. Vi Editing Mode (Learning the Korn Shell)
  2. Startup (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  configuration files for: 3.3. Configuring Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  flat files and: 3.3. Configuring Directory Services (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  pr -n and: 9.2.3.3. Breakpoints (Learning the Korn Shell)
  ps command and: 8.3.3.2. BSD (Learning the Korn Shell)
BSD Compatibility Package: 1.1. Merging the Traditions (Unix in a Nutshell)
BSD-derived system: 1.5. Guide for Users of BSD-Derived Systems (Unix in a Nutshell)
BSD Unix
  file ownership: 50.14. Why Can't You Change File Ownership? (Unix Power Tools)
  Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, support of: 40.1. /usr/bin and Other Software Directories (Unix Power Tools)
  group membership: 49.6. Groups and Group Ownership (Unix Power Tools)
  make utility, versions of: 40.3. Which make? (Unix Power Tools)
  nice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
    26.5.2. BSD Standalone nice (Unix Power Tools)
    C shell: 26.5.1. BSD C Shell nice (Unix Power Tools)
  ps -a command: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
  ps -aux command: 24.5. The ps Command (Unix Power Tools)
  ps ax command: 24.7.2. BSD (Unix Power Tools)
  renice command: 26.5. Know When to Be "nice" to Other Users...and When Not To (Unix Power Tools)
    26.7. Changing a Running Job's Niceness (Unix Power Tools)
  signals: 24.10. What Are Signals? (Unix Power Tools)
  user/group infrastructure: 49.1. Unix User/Group Infrastructure (Unix Power Tools)
bsplit utility: 21.9. Splitting Files at Fixed Points: split (Unix Power Tools)
Buettner, Kevin: 12. vile—vi Like Emacs (Learning the vi Editor)
bufdisplay option (elvis): 10.10.1. Display Modes (Learning the vi Editor)
buffer, hold buffer (metacharacters): 12.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
buffer overflow, security vulnerability: 48.4. What We Mean by Buffer Overflow (Unix Power Tools)
buffers: 1.1. Opening and Closing Files (Learning the vi Editor)
  4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
  autowrite and autosave options: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
  commands (see command-line history)
  commands for (summary): 4.6. Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands (Learning the vi Editor)
  copying file contents into: 5.4. Copying a File into Another File (Learning the vi Editor)
  edited, saving as files in vi: 17.10. Keep Your Original File, Write to a New File (Unix Power Tools)
  executing contents of: 7.3.10. @-Functions (Learning the vi Editor)
  hold buffer (metacharacters): 6.3.1. Metacharacters Used in Search Patterns (Learning the vi Editor)
    11.7. Extended Regular Expressions (Learning the vi Editor)
  hold space in sed: 34.14. Hold Space: The Set-Aside Buffer (Unix Power Tools)
  multiwindow editing and: 8.2. Multiwindow Editing (Learning the vi Editor)
  named buffers: 2.3.7. Copying Text (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.3.2. Yanking to Named Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
    5.5.5. Edits Between Files (Learning the vi Editor)
    arbitrarily naming (nvi): 9.10. Interesting Features (Learning the vi Editor)
  numbered buffers for deletions/yanks: 2.3.6. Moving Text (Learning the vi Editor)
    4.3. Making Use of Buffers (Learning the vi Editor)
  numbered, recovering vi editor deletions in: 17.7. Get Back What You Deleted with Numbered Buffers (Unix Power Tools)
  pattern space in sed: 34.14. Hold Space: The Set-Aside Buffer (Unix Power Tools)
  pipes, buffering of output: 43.8. Send Output Two or More Places (Unix Power Tools)
  preserving manually: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
  recovered with vi -r, cautions about: 17.20. Be Careful with vi -r Recovered Buffers (Unix Power Tools)
  recovering after system failure: 4.2.3. Recovering a Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
  renaming (ex): 5.3.1. Renaming the Buffer (Learning the vi Editor)
  vi editor, using to copy and move text: 17.6. Using Buffers to Move or Copy Text (Unix Power Tools)
buffers (emacs) commands for: 7.2.9. Buffer-Manipulation Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
buffers, flushing: 11.2.1.3. Flushing buffered output (sed & awk)
build type: 4.2.2. Host Type (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
buildhash script: 16.5. Adding Words to ispell's Dictionary (Unix Power Tools)
BuildStrings tool: 1.6.2. Apple's Command-line Developer Tools (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
built-in calculator, elvis: 10.10. Interesting Features (Learning the vi Editor)
built-in commands: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
  27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
  builtin command, forcing use with: 27.9. Which One Will bash Use? (Unix Power Tools)
  C shell, determining whether to use: 27.10. Which One Will the C Shell Use? (Unix Power Tools)
  faster prompt setting with: 4.6. Faster Prompt Setting with Built-ins (Unix Power Tools)
  help for: 1.5.2. Built-in Help (Learning the Korn Shell)
  in command-line processing: 7.3.2. Substitution Order (Learning the Korn Shell)
  list of: B.2. Built-in Commands and Keywords (Learning the Korn Shell)
  order of precedence in command lookup: 4.1.1. Functions (Learning the Korn Shell)
  restricted shell and: 10.4.2. Restricted Shell (Learning the Korn Shell)
  shells: 1.9. Internal and External Commands (Unix Power Tools)
built-in functions
  awk: 11.1.10. Functions (sed & awk)
  gawk: 11.2.3.9. Additional functions (sed & awk)
  tawk: 11.3.2.2. Additional built-in tawk functions (sed & awk)
built-in shell variables
  csh shell: 5.3.3. Predefined Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
  sh and ksh shells: 4.3.2. Built-in Shell Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
built-in variables: 3.4. Shell Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
  3.4.2. Built-in Variables (Learning the Korn Shell)
  7.7. System Variables (sed & awk)
  11.1.11. Built-In Variables (sed & awk)
built-in variables, awk: 11.4. Built-in Variables (Unix in a Nutshell)
builtin command: 4.9. Built-in Commands (Bourne and Korn Shells) (Unix in a Nutshell)
-bundle option: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bundles: 5.3. Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
  loading dynamically: 5.3.2. Dynamically Loading Libraries (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bundling commands: 2.1. Alphabetical Summary of Commands (Unix in a Nutshell)
bundling software packages: 1.2. Bundling (Unix in a Nutshell)
bunzip2 file decompression program: 15.6. Compressing Files to Save Space (Unix Power Tools)
button presses
  defining with xmodmap: 6.1. Defining Keys and Button Presses with xmodmap (Unix Power Tools)
byte order, converting with dd: 21.13. Text Conversion with dd (Unix Power Tools)
bytes, endian order of: 4.3. Architectural Issues (Mac OS X for Unix Geeks)
bzip2 utility: 15.6. Compressing Files to Save Space (Unix Power Tools)
  38.4. More Ways to Back Up (Unix Power Tools)
  38.5.4. To gzip, or Not to gzip? (Unix Power Tools)

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