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parent directory (..), ``Hidden files'', ``Directories''
password, password file
pathname
- absolute
- relative
pathnames
- absolute
- relative
paths
PATH variable
percentage of file read in more
Permission denied
permissions, ``Changing directories'', ``Listing more information about files'', ``Permissions'', ``Removing files'', ``File and directory attributes'', ``Access control for files and directories''
- absolute mode
- applied to directories
- changing
- changing (chmod), ``Changing the permissions on a file'', ``Changing the permissions on a file''
  - absolute mode
  - symbolic mode
- changing supplemental group
- default permissions
- default setting with umask(C)
- directory
- execute
- gid
- octal
- read
- symbolic mode
- types
- uid
- write
pg(C), ``Listing the contents of a directory'', ``Looking at the contents of a file''
physical directory
pipe, ``Listing the contents of a directory'', ``Running commands in a pipeline'', ``Searching for text in a file'', ``Running a sequence of commands''
- sequence of commands
pipes
.plan
pr
present working directory
printing
- canceling a print job
- files
- postscript files
- print queue
- selecting printers
- several copies
- several files
- status of printers
printing (lp)
- directory listing
- pr alias
process
- background
- ID number
.profile, ``Your environment'', ``Hidden files''
programs, permission to execute
prompt
- changing
- showing current directory
- slash (/) prompt in more
- variables
protecting files or directories. See permissions
pseudo-ttys
pwd(C), ``Finding out where you are in the system'', ``Identifying your current directory''