[NTLUG:Discuss] Canadian Resource

[Allen Meyers]

Leroy:
Thank you so much for that most informative intutive reply. That is all I 
need to begin to solve this particular challenge
Allen
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From: "LEROY TENNISON" <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Canadian Resource


> Something which may help you is to know that "An Introduction to the Linux 
> Command Shell" is probably equivalent to "An Introduction to BASH" because 
> BASH (Bourne Again SHell - yes, it's cutsy time) is a common Linux shell. 
> You may want to Google for "BASH tutorial".  However, before you do, you 
> first may want to Google for
>
> Linux Commands by Category
>
> because a significant part of using the command shell is knowing what 
> program to use to accomplish a given task.  The "finer points" of the 
> command shell provide a structure for the automation of using the 
> programs.  Here's a list of some common shell programs
>
> cat - show the contents of a file
> ls - list files in a directory ("folder" in Windoze terminology)
> dir - similar to ls
> more - show a file's contents a sreen at a time
> less - similar to 'more' but provides page up/down, scrolling, etc.
> grep - find a string in a file
> rm - delete (remove) a file
>
> mkdir - create a directory
> rmdir - delete a directory
> pwd - "print working directiry
> cd - change directory
>
> If you type
>
> man <command>
>
> at a shell prompt it should show you how to use the command, most commands 
> have lots of options (welcome to Linux).
>
> I did a quick search and found the following which may be helpful:
>
> http://cs.clark.edu/~clug/commands.htm
> http://www.linuxlots.com/~jam/guide4.html
> http://members.tripod.com/~earthen/linuxcom.htm
> http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/index.html
>
> The last link is particularly thorough.
>
> The below link relates more to scripting, the good news is that it is 
> short.
>
> http://bashcurescancer.com/shell_programming_beginners_class_lesson_1_motivation.html
>
> WARNINGS:
>
> Many things can be accomplished by more than one program and not all Linux 
> distributions provide all programs.  If "man <program name>" doesn't 
> return anything it may not be installed on your system.  Also, the same 
> program may not have the same options on different Linux systems because 
> they aren't really the same program - they are variants of a class of 
> program.  The "beauty and beast" of Linux is that it is open source so 
> people can (and do) customize it which leads to variation.
>
> You will see references to 'vi' in some lists, don't be fooled into 
> thinking that this is an easy editor to use.  Try almost anything else 
> such as medit (installed with the midnight commander package), pico or 
> nano.  I'm sure others on this list can provide additional editors to 
> consider.
>
> You are at the start of a LONG journey, don't get discouraged.  Learn what 
> you need the most and begin to use it then add as time goes by.  If you 
> don't know what program does what you want then Google for
>
> Linux command <what you want to do>
>
> if that fails then ask here or elsewhere, you'll probably get several 
> answers.
>
> Allen Meyers <chef11994 at sbcglobal.net> wrote: Watching some of the 
> training reported on Canadian conference (Most over my head) led me to a 
> search which resulted in  An Introduction to the Linux Command Shell for 
> Beginners dated 2006
> I would dearly love to purchase this if its on CD and why would it not as 
> thorough as linux folk are.
> It was reported on by flora.org and my attempt thus far to join merely to 
> obtain said resource have failed.
> Any help appreciated
>
> Allen
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