[KLUG Members] Linux tutor.

[Nik R.]

I don't think I am a member of that list so give me the link and I will 
do that.

Bruce Smith wrote:

>>3.  (This is one I discovered on my own being an IT guy) How much you 
>>really need to learn basics in command line.
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>YES!!!
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>When I first started with Unix, I set down with a printed manual of all
>the commands, and went though most of them one at a time in front of a
>terminal, trying them.  I skipped some that didn't apply to our system,
>but I went though the majority of commands.
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>This was back before the wide selection of books available now.
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>>4.  I still don't understand scripts at all. 
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>Think of scripts as DOS .bat scripts, with one BIG difference.
>With DOS, you have what, about 50 commands you can put in the file?
>With Linux/Unix, you have literally THOUSANDS of commands available!
>Add the builtin shell commands and you have a programming language
>similar in power to something like BASIC.
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>Pressing TAB twice at my command prompt now, the system ask me if I
>really want to list all 2630 possibilities.  And those are only the
>external commands, not the ones build into my shell.  "root" has 3002
>external commands available (additional administration commands).  Plus
>I don't have all the commands available in my distribution installed ...
>(don't be overwhelmed, you don't need to know them all :)
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>I would recommend a good book on shell programming if you really want to
>get good at this.  And stick with the borne/bash/korn/posix type of
>shell programming, stay away from the C-shell (csh/tcsh) in my biased
>opinion (it's not as portable and not commonly used any more).
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>>I just need to learn the little "tricks" as Bruce put it.
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>Well, you also need to learn the fundamentals.  Probably first.  :-)
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>If we're going continue this thread, let's move it to the novice list.
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>Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
>System Administrator / Network Administrator
>Armstrong International, Inc.
>Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
>http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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