discuss: Re: Unix Command Line HOWTO
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Re: Unix Command Line HOWTO
From:
Howard Gibson ####@####.####
Date:
10 Dec 2011 02:39:32 +0000
Message-Id: <20111209213947.7021c9e9.hgibson@eol.ca>
On Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:59:56 +0100
jdd ####@####.#### wrote:
> Le 05/12/2011 07:26, David Lawyer a écrit :
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> >>>>> http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson/UnixHowto.html
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> I'm reading this one, so may be my remarks do not anymore count on the
> last version.
This is the latest version. It should be version 0.4, dated 2011 December 04.
>
> the xterm of kde is "Konsole"
Will it stay that way? There used to be something called kterm. I added this.
> "cd -" send you to the previous directory
Thanks.
> "-h" in many commands give values in "human readable" form
Is this a help function? It does not do much with the basic commands listed here. I have added notes about -? and --help.
> there is no "original vi". Simply any "vi" command is a link to some
> vi variation, often vim (as said in the document). Some versions are
> specially ugly :-)
Didn't Bill Joy write this thing originally? What did he call it? I seem to recall that elvis uses the mouse such that the X11 copy and paste does not work. Maybe mentioning vim and elvis is more detail than a new user needs.
I cannot find my original notes on vi. I started them after I somehow got out of my first session with it. I entitled the notes "The Fucking Vi Editor". I was very pissed off. Now, I love it.
> finished reading.
>
> This one document is a short introduction on the terminal use of
> Unix/Linux, not a full Unix Command Line HOWTO.
Would an advanced user make a point of bookmarking and reading this? I never use this for reference. Most emails I have received on it have been from Mac users. Obviously, I need to work out a balance between having enough information, and keeping the document short and easily searched.
If I called this a Terminal HOWTO, would new users understand? Another possibility is UNIX Command Shell HOWTO. Still, the term shell means nothing to non-geeks. The scary thing about UNIX and Linux is usually the "command line".
> Howard, if you have a more complete (or uptodate) version on line,
> please, give me a link.
I will update this over the weekend. It will have the same link.
> I would have been glad to read such a friendly document when I first
> began to use Linux.
Thank you.
This originally started off as sort of a report to management after I took a UNIX administration course. It gave me a chance to tell users to RTFM when I was too busy to help them.
> So the only real problem I have is the licence. If a LDP compatible
> licence is choosen, I think we can accept this document (may be with
> "Unix Command Line HOWTO for beginners" name)
Is there any thing you specifically want? I am easy.
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