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[Mark Williams]

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steve wrote:
> 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.

The 'opposite' is apropos - for those days when you just can't remember
the name of the command to ask 'man' about - it searches the
descriptions of commands so you can often find the word you want with it.

Also, 'man bash' is incredibly huge & repetitive - and has _tons_ of
meaty info.

Learn by looking at "shell scripts" - plenty to be found in /etc/ &
elsewhere but don't alter them (yet) - use 'less filename' to view & see
 how others have done stuff.

Mark
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