UBUNTU: Command Line

[Valorie Zimmerman]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Chuck West <chuck at olylug.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-12-16 at 17:42 -0800, C.J. Adams-Collier wrote:
>> apt-cache search evolution | grep rss
>
> Nice command!
>
> For those that avoid the command line I should explain a little. Really
> you should learn to love the command-line interface but we will talk
> about that later. In this case I simply highlighted the text, opened the
> Applications/Terminal, and clicked the middle wheel/button to paste into
> the terminal.
>
> When I pressed Enter, roughly the following happened; The search for
> available evolution software and specifically for the term "rss". After
> this the search result was returned to the terminal:
>
> evolution-rss - Evolution RSS Reader Plugin
>
> Therefore there is a way to feed RSS to an evolution mailbox. New users
> if you see us terminal-geeks talking in gibberish try to ignore that or
> ask any question. It's OK to be confused, it's normal. Raise your hand!

I don't use the CLI as often as I should, because it's so powerful.
(And I've screwed stuff up royally a few times). So I generally stick
with what I know. What I love are copy/paste commands and a bit of
explanation. Thanks for providing that, you two.

One of the reasons I've been successful using *buntu without relying
on my Linux-using son for everything, is that when I google, I often
find wonderful write-ups with step by step instructions. I've learned
so much from these. I wish that upgrades didn't bollux my USB,
soundcard, or wireless -- but when it happens, I can often fix it
without asking for too much help in IRC. :-)

Blog about your problems and their solutions, people! So that people
like me can save cell minutes!

:-)

Valorie
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