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[steve]

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Phil Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 14:31, Steve Brettell <sbrettell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm very new to Linux, and frankly, can't afford the price of the books I've
>> found in the bookstores.  So I'm leeching off the interwebs.  I don't have
>> much to contribute right now, unless questions that bring good answers are a
>> contribution.
>>
>> That said, is there any kind of a tutorial about using the terminal
>> effectively?  It looks to me like this is the heart of Linux country.
>>
>> I've looked at lists of terms, etc, but that doesn't look like the answer.
>> There's a lot there, and I'd like to start down that path, but need LOTS of
>> bread crumbs.
>>
>> SteveB
> Hey Steve!
> Try it this way:
> Start doing stuff from the GUI and then gradually look for ways to do
> it on the command line. That way, you can start exploring and then
> gradually dig deeper and deeper into the system. Thats the way I did
> it, and I'm still doing it!
> 
> Cheers & have a nice weekend!
> 
> Phil Bieber

from my experience, the best way to learn about a command is to use man
followed by the command you want to know about.   for example  man ls
or man top.  A bunch of useful information us already included right in
the distro.



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