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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 
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  - sending yourself reminders
: 40.11. Send Yourself Reminder Mail 
 
- mail shell variable
: 6.9. Special C Shell Variables 
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  - 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 
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  - 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
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  - 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
  
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    - 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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