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Alright,fartoooften(especiallyintheIRCchannels)thereisatimewhereeventhemostbeginnerof usersarefacedwiththeterminal.Ithasmanynames:terminal,shell,console,"commandprompt"even

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asacarryoverfromthosefamiliarwithWindows.Manypeoplearefrightenedbyitforsomereasonor another,sothistutorialwillattempttoprovideyouthemostbasicofcommandstoenablenavigationand basicsystemactionsfromthecomfortofyourkeyboard. Let'sgetstartedshallwe?Sinceeveryone'sMintversioncanbedifferent,I'mnotgoingtodetailhowto actuallyopentheterminal.I'llassumeyoucanfinditinthemenuorbyrightclickinginthedesktop. Facts: 1. YoucandoalmostanythinginaterminalwhichyouwouldalsodofromaGUIinterface. 2. Mostcommandsweredesignedfirsttoworkintheterminal,thenaGUIputontopofthem. That'swhysomeGUI'smayfeelclunkytheywereanafterthoughtattimes. 3. Thedefaultlocationforyourterminaltoopenfromthemenuisinyourhomefolder,alsoknown as~ 4. Yourcurrentdirectorycanbenotedbythe.operator.Mostcommandswhentheyactonthe currentfolderselection,operateon. 5. Commands,locations,andfilesarecasesensitive./homeisnotthesameas/HOMEor/Home. 6. Usethetabkeytocompletefilenames.Ifyouhavealongdrivertitled,forexample, driver128947232jaseu.sh,simplytypedrianditwillfillintherest,providedyoudon'thave2 namesstartingwith"dri"andifyoudo,addanothercharactertomakeit"driv"andtryagain. 7. Almostanycommandcanbereadaboutinfullusingthemanpageorbytypinghorhelpafter writingtheinitialcommand.Thissyntaxiseithermancommand_name,command_nameh, orcommand_namehelp. 8. Togetevenmoreinformation,youcanuseinfo.Acommandcanbesearchedforbyusinginfo command_name.Formostofthesecommandswhicharepartofthecoreutilspackage,onecan findinfoaswellusinginfocoreutilscommand_nameinvocationwherecommand_nameis replacedbythecommandsearchedfor. 9. Almostanycommandcanalsoexplicitlydisplaywhatishappening.Thisisdoneusuallybythe vorverbose 10. Youcanspecifymultiplecommandflagstoacommandatatimetogetmoreinformation(seethe lsalexamplebelow.) 11. CommandnamesarenotalwaysobtuseduetospacelimitationsintheolddaysofUnixthey wereshortened,andtheconventionsstuck. Commands: cd>Usedtonavigatethedirectories.Youcanmovetoanylocationbypath. 1. cdThiswillmoveyoubacktoyourhome,sameascd~ 2. cd..Thiswilltakeyoubackexactlyonedirectory.Startingin/home/justin/Desktop,cd..will

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putmeinto/home/justin.Thiscanbeexpandedupon,cd../../fromtheDesktoplocationinstead willmoveme2back,frommyDesktopto/home. 3. cdfoldername/Thiswillmoveyouforwardtothegivenfolderinyourcurrentfolder.Takenote ofthemissingprefix/itisanimportantomission.ifIamin/home/justinandIwanttogetto Desktop,ImusttypecdDesktop/withoutthe/beforeDesktop.Typing/beforeitplacesusinthe rootoffilesystem,whichisincorrect. 4. cd/some/other/pathThiswilltakeyoutothespecifiedfolderpath,supposingitexistsastyped exactly.Don'tforgetyourtabcompletion! ls>Usedtolistfoldercontents.Youcanviewmanykindsoffileandfolderattributes. 1. lsByitself,lswillsimplylistallyourfilesinthecurrentfolder.Fromfact#4,thisliterallydoesls . 2. lslProvidesalongerlistingformatincludingowners,permissions,size,anddatemodified. 3. lsaDisplayshiddenfilesandfoldersaswellasthenormallisting. 4. lsalCombineoptionstodisplaybothhiddenfilesandinthelongformat. 5. lshShowfilesizesinhumanreadableformat(K,M,Gbyte)filesizesinsteadofbytes.Often usedinconjuctionwiththelflag. 6. Youcanviewfilesindirectoriesyouarenotevenin.IfIamin/home/justin/Desktop,andIwant toviewafilein/home/justin,Icandols../listfilesonedirectoryback(andnothavetogobackto doso.) cp>Copyfiles 1. cpfile/path/to/folderCopiesspecifiedfiletothegivenpath. 2. cprfolder/path/to/folderCopiesrecursivelythecontentsofthefoldertoanotherfolder. 3. cp*.extension/path/to/folderCopiesfilesmatchingthegivenextensiontothenewfolder.To copyall.docfiles,itbecomescp*.doc/path/to/folderandthefoldermustexist. 4. cpname*/path/to/folderCopiesallfilesstartingwith'name'tothegivenfolder.Tocopyall filesstartingwithexample,itbecomescpexample*/path/to/folderandthefoldermustexist. mv>Movefiles 1. Thesyntaxofmvissimilartotheexampleabovewithcpexemptforexample#2.mvdoesnot taketherflagsincemovingafolderalsomovesitscontents.Thesyntaxisnotexactinall instances,butworkswiththeaboveexamples.Consultyourmanpagesformoredetails. rm>Removefiles 1. Forallintentsandpurposes,removingfilesviarmispermanent.ItdoesnotusetheTrashbin. Usewithcautionandmakesureyouaredeletingexplicitlywhatyouwant,notwhatyouthink youwant.Ifyoudecidetogetfancywithyourdeletecommands,it'sprobablygoingtocome backtobiteyou. 2. rmfileRemovethespecifiedfilefromthesystem. 3. rmrfolderRemovethespecifiedfolderfromthesystem 4. rmrffolderRemovesthespecifiedfolderforcefullyfromthesystem.Thiscommandcan severelybreakyourconfigurationifusedincorrectlyasitwillnotpromptyouifsomethingcritical isbeingdeleted.Ifyouhavetousethis,chancesaresomethingmoreisbrokenortherewasa mistakemade.Thisshouldonlybeusedasanabsolutelastresortmethodandisnot recommended.

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nano>fullcommandlinetexteditor 1. Onecaneditfilesusingnanoinaterminaltodoquickanddirtyfilesallthewayuptofull configurations.It'shandy,butkeepinmindithandlesplaintextfilesandprogrammingfiles, thingslikeMSWorddocumentswillnotopenproperly! 2. Ifafileisownedbyroot,itisnoteditableasanormaluser.nanomustbeprefixedwithsudoin ordertosavechanges.Otherwise,itwillopeninreadonlymode. 3. nanonewfile.whateverNanocreatesanewfileofthespecifiednameandopensitforediting. 4. nanoexisting_fileNanoopenstheexistingfileforediting. 5. Frominsidenano 1. Savefileusingthectrl+okeycombination,andeitherchangethenameorpressentierto keepthesamename.Thiswillsavethefile. 2. Exitnanobyusingctrl+xkeycombination.Ifyouhaveunsavedchanges,itwillaskif youwanttosave. mkdir>Createdirectories 1. mkdirfolder_nameCreatesthefolderwiththespecifiedname 2. mkdirp/path/to/folder/nameCreateseachfolderasnecessary.Tocreatefolder /home/justin/newfolder/2ndfolder,andonly/home/justinexists,usingmkdirpwillmakeboth directoriesnewfolderand2ndfolder. ps>Listprocesses 1. psauxListallprocessesindetailrunningonthesystem,includinguser,ProcessID(PID),and nameofprocess.Usingthis,onecanviewtheirprocesslistandifnecessary,killunnecessaryor stalledprocesses. kill/killall/xkill>Killoffendingprocesses. 1. killPIDPIDisanumberreferencingtheoffendingprocess.OneshouldobtainthePIDfroma commandlikepsaux.Ifaprocessrefusestodie,onecanalternativelyspecifykill9PIDwhich shouldterminatetheprocessbyanymeans,evenuncleanlyorifitwillmessupthesystem. 2. killallprogramKillallkills*byname*allinstancesofsaidprogram.Ifthereareforexample3 firefoxsessionsopen,killallfirefoxwilldojustthatkillallfirefoxsessions.killwouldsimply takethespecifiedPIDoftheoffendingfirefoxprocessyouwishtokill,andkillthatoneonly. 3. xkillisaGUIwaytoclickandkillwindows.Typinginxkillshouldpresentaskulland crossbonesicon,andthenextwindowclickedonwillbekilled. Pipes>Themostusefulthingyouwilllearnin*NIX.Redirectingoutputofaprogramtoanothers input. 1. Pipesarerepresentedbythe'straightbar'otherwiseknownasthe'|'key. 2. ItisararelyusedkeyinWindows,itisoftenfoundonthebackslashkey. 3. Theyareusedtolinkcommandstogether.Pipestaketheoutputofonecommandandrouteitto beusedasinputforasecondcommandchainedtogether. 4. Consultmoreonlineresourceswithinformationaboutpipesandtheiruseastherearevolumes. >and>>redirectors>Sendoutputtoafileinsteadoftheterminal. 1. >isusedto*overwrite*currentlyexistingfilescontentsandreplacewiththeoutputfromthenew

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command. 2. >>isusedto*append*informationtocurrentlyexistingfiles.Thisisusefulforlogging. 3. Example:psaux>processes.logSendstheoutputofpsauxtothefileprocesses.logfor viewingthecommandoutputinatexteditorandoverwritesthecurrentcontentsofthefile. tee>Sendoutputtobothafileandtheterminal 1. teeisusedinconjunctionwitha'|'inordertotakethecommandoutputandsenditelsewhere. Thisisusefulifthereareerrorswhichflybythescreenbeforeyoucanreadthem,thisway whatevergoesonthescreenisalsocapturedtoafile. 2. Example:dmesg|teeboot.txtwouldrunthecommanddmesgwhichshowstheinitialbootinfo, andthe'|'sendstheoutputofdmesgtotee,whichthendoesitsjobbysendingittotheterminal andtothelogfileboot.txt. FileExecution>Soyouwanttoexecutefilesorprogramsfromtheterminal?Makesureit'smarked executable.Ifnot,seeQuickTip#4below. 1. Needtoexecuteafileinthecurrentdirectoryafteritismarkedexecutable?The./operatorcan executethefileasanormaluserprovidedyoudonotneedrootrights../literallymeans"inthe currentdirectory"soitdoesnotworkonfilesoutsideofthepresentdirectory. 2. Needtoexecuteafilenotinthecurrentdirectory?Youmustpassthepathtotheproper executingprogram.Ifitisapythonprogram,it'spython/path/to/fileandifitisashellfile,itis sh/path/to/fileasanexample.Thereareofcourseotherprograms,butthesewillbethemost commonforbeginners. 3. Needtoexecuteafilewithrootrightsbecauseyoureceivedoperationnotpermitted?Prefixthe commandwithsudo.Thus,fromtheaboveexample,sudopython/path/to/filewillexecutethe scriptwithrootrights. 4. NeedtoexecuteaGUIprogramfromtheterminal?Simplytypetheprogramname(case sensitive!)anditwilllaunch.Thiswillrenderthecurrentterminalunusable.Closingtheterminal whiletheprogramisopenwillkilltheprogram.Abetterwayistobackgroundtheprogram, usingprogram_name&andthentypingthewordexitattheterminaltocloseitandkeepthe processrunning. 5. NeedtorunaGUIprogramwithrootrightsfromtheterminal?Prefixitwithgksudoorgksuand notsudo.UsingsudotolaunchGUIapplicationsisabadhabitandshouldbeavoided. 6. Donot,do*not*usesudosimplybecausesomethingreceives"Operationnotpermitted." Keepinmindwhatyouaredoingasyoucanabsolutely*destroy*systemsbyrunning commandsinthewrongplacewithrootrights.Thispointcannotbeemphasizedenough. Makesureyourfilescomefromreputablesources. Quicktips: 1. Lostyourselfinadirectory?Notsurewhereyouare?Typepwdtoprintworkingdirectory. 2. Wanttocalculateyourdiskspacequickly?dfhcangiveyouaquickcheckup.

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3. Wanttocalculatethesizeofafolderorfilequickly?duckshtarget_namecandoexactlythat. Wanttocalculatethesizeofthecurrentfolder?ducksh. 4. Needtomarkafileexecutable?chmod+xfilenamecandothat.Nexttimeyouseeafileyou needtoexecuteanditisnotmarkedexecutable,nowyouknowhowtofixit. 5. WanttomountanisolikeDaemonToolsonWindows?Linuxhasthisfunctionalitybuiltin. Simplycreateadirectorysomewhere,say/home/justin/isomount,andissuethecommandmount oloop/path/to/myisofile.iso/home/justin/isomountandthecontentswillbemountedinsidethat folder. 6. Runacommandbefore,youneedtorerunit,butyoucan'treallyrememberwhatitwasexactly? Typehistoryintotheterminalanditwillprintoutyourcommandhistory.Wanttoclearyour history?historycwillwipetheinformation. Tags:bash,shell,commands,terminal Created:2yearsago. Lastedited:2yearsago. Read72857times. Comments InfoGadgetTerbaru BeritaGadgetTerbaru DuniaGadgetTerbaru InfoGadgetTerkini SEOJOZ BlackBerry HargaBlackBerry4GLTEPlayBook HargaBlackBerryBold9000 HargaBlackBerryBold9700 HargaBlackBerryBoldTouch9900 HargaBlackBerryBoldTouch9930 HargaBlackBerryCurve3G9300 HargaBlackBerryCurve8300 HargaBlackBerryCurve8310 HargaBlackBerryCurve8320 HargaBlackBerryCurve8900 HargaBlackBerryCurve9360Apollo HargaBlackBerryCurve9380 HargaBlackBerryPorscheDesignP9981 HargaBlackBerryStyle9670 HargaBlackBerryTorch9800 HargaBlackBerryTorch9810 HargaBlackBerryTorch9850 HargaBlackBerryTorch9860Monza HargaBlackberryOnyx2Bold9780 DaftarHargaBlackBerryTerbaru2013

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Apple HargaAppleiPhone2G HargaAppleiPhone3G16GB HargaAppleiPhone3GS8GB HargaAppleiPhone416GB HargaAppleiPhone432GB HargaAppleiPhone4S16GB HargaAppleiPhone4S32GB HargaAppleiPhone516GB HargaAppleiPhone532GB HargaAppleiPhone564GB I'mbrandnewtolinuxandthisisjustwhatIwaslookingfor,a comprehensiveplacetostart.Learningthecommandlineisjustlike learninganotherprogrammingorcodinglanguage.Preciselythe pointanewlanguagetolearn.MostofthetutorialsI'veseensofar arespeakingbiggerwordsthanIknowatthispoint,soIdon't understandmuchofwhatthey'resaying.I'msogladyouleftthisup afterbeinghereforquiteawhile. NotonlydoIwanttolearnthecommandline,itisoneofthemain reasonsIwanttolearnlinux.That'swherethepoweris! Justin 3weeksago Agreed,rmrfsome_folderisdangerousbusinessforthenewbe. Thenagain,soissudoibutatleastyouonlyhavetoenteryour passwordoncefortheentireinteractiverootshellsession,andyou canthenexecuteallsudocommandstofollowunprompted.Good whenyouneedtoberootformorethanasinglecommand. Alsoadd: sudoaptgetinstallsome_pkg Good,butadd: find which echo$PATH PATH=${PATH}:/Path_to_add sudoi mount|greptmpfs Mostofthisiswayabovemyskilllevel.IjusthopethatIcanuse heoperatingsystem .

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Youcoverquiteabitofgroundinthistutorial.Ijustwantedto mentionthatyouhavetologinassuperuser[sudo]tosuccessfully mountadrive,andthatifyouwanttouseacommandthatyou've

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justrecentlyused,youcanusetheuparrowkeytoscrollthrough them. Thankyousomuchforthetutorial,ithelpsalottobeginnerslike me. good ThankYou!!

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Thanksfortakingthetimetoputthistogether.NowI'mofftodive deeperintotherabbithole. Greattutorial. Congratulations iknowthatsomecommandaresimmilartoDOScommandbut Linuxisdifferentandwemustunderstandthebasicfirst:D

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SteveFAL

Thanks.Didneverhearnanoorkillall.Well,willcontinuetouse Windozeforwork(unfortunately)butamstartingnowMayafor personaluse. Complimentsforthegoodwork. **PROPSANDASUGGESTION*** Verynicetutorial!MycommandlineexperiencegoesbacktoDOS 2.0andIstillfindmyselfinadvertentlytyping"dir"instaeadof"ls", and,beingnewtoLinuxstillhaveaheckuvalottolearnaboutthe basics.Thepipe"|"isasublimelypowerfultoolthatshouldhaveits owntutorialwhoeverinventedthatdeservestoberichandhappy. Theoccasionalbit(nopunintended)ofdrydeveloperhumorinthe shellreallylightensthingsuptoo.Developerhumor?Howabout the"less"commanddoingmorethanthe"more"command.Just liketheoldsaying"lessismore",exceptinthiscase,lessismore thanmore...MontyPythoncouldn'thavethoughtofabettername forthecommand. Also,IstillgetachucklewhenIrun"sudoaptgetmoo". ANYWAY,I*do*haveasuggestionherethatmayhelpthe (really)greennewbiesabit,RE:Thetutorialfact11."Command namesarenotalwaysobtuseduetospacelimitationsintheold daysofUnixtheywereshortened,andtheconventionsstuck." Mysuggestionistomentiontheword(orwords)thatthecommand abbreviationwasderivedform.Surelymostpeoplecanfigureout that"cp"isshortfor"copy"and"mv"for"move",butitmaynot beimmediatelyobviousthat"ls"isshortfor"list"and"cd"for "changedirectory".YES,alittlethoughtwillmakemany commands'abbreviationsapparent,butoncebeyondtheverybasic onesseeingtheminprintrightaftertheabbreviationwillmake themeasiertonotjustfigureoutbuttoremember,i.e.cat (Concatenate). ThecommandlineismuchmoreusefulifpeopleREMEMBERthe

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commands.:) 2monthsago perfectthxalot OneofthereasonsthatpeoplelookintoLinuxisbecausetheyare sickofcorporategreedandwantwindowsofftheircomputersfor good.Linuxnowcandojustaboutanythingthatwindowscando butlearningitislikelearningChineseandyournotfromChina. ThewordterminalisasforeignasarockfromMarstomost,I rememberitcausethat'swhatacomputerwasbeforewindows cameout,justablackscreenwithaprompt.Youhadtotellthe computerwhattodo.It'snotamultiplechoicething,ifyoudidn't knowthecommandyoucouldn'tevenandstillcan'taskitforhelp. Istillcan'tfindacompleteandeasytounderstandlistingoftheold DOScommandsnevermindLinuxcommands. AsanexampleoftheconfusionpeoplerunintoistheDOT commandyouspeakof,I'veplayedwiththatforanhournowand stilldon'tknowwhattheheckitis,andIunderstandenoughof DOStogetaroundtodoingmostthingsinDOS.Mostpeoplehave neverseenorheardofDOS. IthinkMinthasarealchanceofwinningoverwindows.Most peopleusetheircomputersthesedaysforInternet,emails,chat, music,andvideosallofwhichLinuxMintdoeswithease.Like onearticlesaidThereareonlyafewprogramsthatkeeppeople usingwindowsandI'lladdeaseofloadingprogramsanddrivers. Butjustafew. Corporatehasjustbecomewaytoogreedyandtheyhavemadeit bluntthatonedoesnotowntheproducttheyarepayingforjustthe mediumit'swrittenon.Theyalsocontrolthegovernmentsthatpass thelawsthatprotecttheirgreed.Wethepeopledon't. I'macapitalist,Idon'tpayforstuffIcan'town,andwiththe InternetIdon'tneedamedium.Corporateyoulosecallitwhat youwill. Butifwethepeoplecouldgetafewtutorialsthatchange Chinese(Linux)toEnglish(windows)thattransitioncouldbealot faster. Withwindows8tryingtobeasconfusingasLinuxandtheadded pointthatonceyoulearnwindows8it'sjustapaintouseIthink theendofwindowsisinthehorizon.

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Butthanksforthetutorialitgavemeafewofthecommands neededtonavigatethecommandline. BythewayIusedMinttoreadthisarticleandwritethispost.A freeofficeprogram,thathasgottostickinMicrosoft'sside.You gottoogreedyBillorshouldIsayWallStreet. 2monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 3monthsago 4monthsago 4monthsago 4monthsago DMNashir surya_73 ThomIves ray4720 manojkumar thomasrivaa Benjamin1974 prashantnalin jimijab kb5zxm mfzn Helpmealot..thx.. thanks

AllthethingsthatIhaveheardmyUnix/Linuxfriendsmentionfor yearsandhaven'thadtimetolearnoraskareallinhere...and more!Thanks1 Brilliantstartforanewbie Feellikeiamgettingsomewhereatlast thanks I'mnewbie... I'mlearningbydoing. Thanks,Pal!!! Sweet!nowifIcouldjustfindtheterminalcommandforclicking "like"onFB.... StillIamgettingnothing................... Awesome.terminalisverydauntingfornoobiesbutthisisrather helpful. Ittookmelonger,andIdidnotfinish ipreferterminalthangui terminalisfaster

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BigBonsai

Theonlythingthatannoysmeeverytimeisthat"mv"cannotmove folders,orrathermovefoldersrecursively(meaningitdoesn'ttake theroption).Annoying.GUIismuchbetterinthisrespect.Quick CTRL+XandCTRL+V. Thanks Thankyoufortheinfo! ThankYouallforthisworkandhelp.Ijustswitchedtothisosand duetothethefactthatIwassickwithwindow'sosandthe problemsthatalwayspopupIjoinedtheLinuxCommunity.Since

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lucky7

Ihavebeenonwindowscracksincewin3.1thisissimalartothe olddosandmakessence.Mintisamaizingandthanksforabetter OS Areallygoodoverviewforsomebodylikeme,whohasonlyused theterminalsofartoinputcommands,withoutknowingwhatthey actuallymeanandhowtheyinterrelate.

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Mart777

Ihavestartedtouseitalongsideotherlearningmediaeg.YouTube. Goodfoundationmaterial. Reallygoodtutorial.Inaworldwheresomanylinux/unixtutorials giveyouakeywordandjusttellyoutolookupthemanpage,its greattoseeonethatcutsstraightthroughtothemorecommonly usedbasicstogiveuserstheconfidenceintheterminalenvironment toexplorefurtherforthemselves. Great:) Lightandclear.Thanks.Jacques.Happynewyear! Greattutorialforanoldnewbielikeme.

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mekanik7777 ifeelsodumb,ijustdontgetallthesetermsandwaystousethe "shell".whyisntitjustinregularlanguage,isthereamoreofa beginnertutorial,sorryimfromtheusa,wehavecrummyschools DON'TBLAMETHESCHOOLSFORYOUREDUCATION PAL.YOUWERETHEONETHATHADTOLEARNTHE STUFF ifeelsodumb,ijustdontgetallthesetermsandwaystousethe "shell".whyisntitjustinregularlanguage,isthereamoreofa beginnertutorial,sorryimfromtheusa,wehavecrummyschools Greattutorial!IonlywishIcouldhaveseenitwhenIwasstarting. Ithinkonenicethingtoaddcouldbewhenevertypingyour password(forexampleaftersudosome_command),nocharacters appearforsecurityreasons. ThatisprobablytheonequestionIgetaskedmorethananything. Again,greattutorial! IhavetosayMinttutorialismostuserfriendlytonewbiesI'veever seen.Thanks!\o/ Goodicebreakerfortheterminalnoob

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7monthsago sigshane

Awesomedownanddirtyprimerontheterminal,man.

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stephenktatton

Thisisagoodstraightforewardtutorial,butwheneveritrytousea terminalIcanputinacommandbuteverythingfreezeswhenI attempttotypeinmyp/word.Soithasn'treallyhelpedwithmy particularproblem. Apartfromthat,BRILLIANT. Goodinformationforpeopletohave. Under"Commands",inthe"cd"section,yousaythattyping.. takesyouback.Peoplemightthinkthismeans"backwhereIwasa minuteago"that'stheusualmeaningof"back".Probablythis shouldbechangedto"up"instead."Up"soundsstrange,butat leastitisn'twrong. Lookslikeagreatplacetostart.I'vebeenplayingaroundwithMint forawhilebutit'stimetogetseriousaboutLinuxandthisiscool sinceI'musedtoknowingmywayaroundacommandpromptin windows. Awesometut:)lotsofcommandswowthankyou

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Goodtutorial!Thanks! Thanks.Greattutorial verynicetutorial! I'llbebackI'msure,whatIneededtogetstarted. Goodstuffhereforthisnoob! Ifyouwriteabook,Iwillbuyitdefinitely greattutorialinanutshell!! #Atutorialthatdemonstrateslreallifeexampleswouldbehighly appreciated. Idonotunderstandwhatcanactuallybeachievedbyanavarege userlikemewhoknowsverylittleaboutcomputing. Thankyoufortheconscieexplanation. Ittookmemorethen5minutesandIwillconsultitmanymore times.Greatstartforme.

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10monthsago toniround 10monthsago 11monthsago 11monthsago 11monthsago bdukes11 Zebaztian timothy23 Bear65

JustwhatIamlookingfor Greatforbeginnerslikeme. Excellent!***** Clear,useful,welldone. Bossthankyou! Verygoodtutorial>JustwhatIwasneeding.Afewpossible typo's,butstillclearandconcise. Isthisatypo? Thesyntaxofmvissimilartotheexampleabovewithcpexempt forexample#2.ShouldEXEMPTbeEXCEPT?

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oldfagin

Greattutorial...Coversthebasicsandkickstartstheoldgreycells intowantingtoknowmore! Good,butpleaseaddsomethinglikethistothe'rm'command: "Makesureyouaredeletingexactlywhatyouwant,bytestingthe fileselectionusingthe'ls'commandwiththesamefileselection criteria."

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Doyle

Ifiguredoutthisstategyin1993(MicrosoftDOS)whenI accidentallytyped'delc:\*.*'insteadofdela:\*.*atmybosses mainworkcomputerandittookalloftherestofalonglunchtime tofixit,finishingjustbeforehegotback.Iwasclearingmyfull floppybeforecopyingasinglefile.Iwon'tforgetthehourofhigh stressandpotentiallossofreputation,accessprivlegesandpay fromthatmistake. Nicetutorial...Helpsalot

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Nicetutorial...Helpsalot Nicetutorial...Helpsalot

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SedandGrepareimportant.Grepcanbeusedwithotherprograms tosearch.UseGreponSearchTerms:grepsearchTerm$(find. grimdestripador name"*.ext").Useitselftofindinfilesofthisdirectory:grepr include="*.ext"searchTerm Thankyouforthesetips.NowI'mgoingtousepipesmore

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1yearago Toxic 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago bibliafelipe voor rcraig3 ChillyWilly nunya Jimmy_ bibliafelipe kp99 Thinker mdouzzi arovella backbone markanthony161 NuR1L

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Verygoodtutorial! reallyhelpful Helptobeabletohaveasourceofinformationyoucanuseto makeacheatsheet. Awesome!Thanks useful,thanks Thanksthiswillcomeinhandy Verygood,thankyouverymuchforthisTutorial. Thanks.VeryHelpful... Nice Greatjob!Veryhelpfulforabeginner Verygood. greattutorialsfornovice Great...Thanks terimakasih Goodforastartbutalotofnewbieswillstillbeconfusednot necessarilybythearticlebutwordslikepromote/demotewhen votingtodaypeopleuselike/notlikewhetherwelikeitornot! AndIspeakasawrinklie. waow,goodshare..

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antonrorepande asabeginner,goodforme..

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1yearago chris2006 1yearago mdouzzi

Greathelp!Thankyou!

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zrslg01 XavierTG hexmodz

Niceandhandy,butstillrtfm:)Iknowoneguy,whocanreally benefitfromthis.best Thanksalotforyourtutorial. itshelpmealot

1yearago

Thisisjustgreat.IjustinstalledMint12LXDE,andloveitsofar. NeverlikedthetheatricsofWindows. IhavenottypedacommandsinceIusedWangUNIXsystems capeferrelometal mearlytwodecadesago,soit'sgreattogetbackintothefun. Thetutorialiswonderful.Nicetoknowthingsundertheflashis stillintuitiveanduseful!Thanks! paulthepenguin hankrich AllanLindh Thisisgreatforanewuserlikeme:)thankyou thanks,thisisveryhelpful.

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Unixisabeast,butyoualmostmademesmile.Thanksverymuch. LongliveVMS! IhavelearnedagreatdealaboutLinuxhistory,howtoload opperatingsystems,howtocoexistwithwindowsandhowto recoverfromsomedisasters.NowIwanttobecomeaLinuxuser andthisisagreatstart.Thanksforthinkingofthenewbies!

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gtones soulrain apet666 AshBaby userXVII joroxrd

canthesecommandsdependentonwhichversionofMintsomeone isusing? Justwentthrewthislist.Greatstuff.Thanksfortakingthetimeto uploadit. thanksman..godbless.. veryuseful Greatplacetostart.Thanks. Thankyouverymuch!

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1yearago tms2004 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago 1yearago kututech fxb3 sillyousu adibhanna dazw2000 stonetrek 24horsonline

Thanksreallyhelpful. Niceshare,veryhelpfulforme.. Verynice,wellwrittentutorial. hi.CanItranslateitintoChineseandpostitonmyblog? thisisveryuseful!thankyou.

Thispostisgreatfortheshellcommandsinaterminalwindow. Wishingthatihadreadthemastheseareofgreatusetonewusers. Maybeishallnotkeepgoingincircles.ManyThaks Thanks,justwhatIneeded Poderiaatualizarparaonovomint Itcouldbringuptodatefornewmint Woopsie!Misplacedclosingdoublequote... Suggestededit: "...directorysomewhere,say/home/justin/isomount,andissuethe command mountoloop/path/to/myisofile.iso/home/justin/isomount"< HERE andthecontentswillbemountedinsidethatfolder.Iaddedblank lines, Shouldbe: Suggestededit:

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nicabod

"...directorysomewhere,say/home/justin/isomount,andissuethe command mountoloop/path/to/myisofile.iso/home/justin/isomount andthecontentswillbemountedinsidethatfolder."Iaddedblank lines, (etcetera).

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Sorry! (OKwithmeifthe@moderatorfixesmyoriginalpostanddeletes this.) WouldbeverynicetohaveaPreviewfunctioninthissoftware. Alsodesirablewouldbeatimelimited(halfhour?)abilitytoedit yourmessageafterposting,andenabletheInsertkey. Best,[nb] Oh,dear.Ijustspentabouthalfanhourtypingamoderatelylong comment,thenhitPromote(before"Addcomment"),andlost everything.Shouldhaveknownbetter.Onlyanexpertcoulddig throughRAMand(maybe)findwhatI'dtyped.Secondtimewill omitandbemoreconcise: Anyhow:I'vecomeacrossvariousexplanationsof[bash]andthe CLI,butusuallyabandonedthempartwaythrough.Thisis,imho, excellentwriting,asmanyothershavesaid.(Ididn'treadmost comments,justscanned). Afewthoughts:Ifyoueverdo[rmrf],doseriouslyconsider clearinghistory[historyc]assoonasyoucan,soyouwon'tdo {uparrow}Enter. I'mstillmostlymystifiedbyloopmounting.Yourexampleis helpful,butthere'saquiteunfortunatelinebreakjustwherea newbiedoesn'treallyknowwhethertotypeaspaceornot. Suggestededit: 1yearago "...directorysomewhere,say/home/justin/isomount,andissuethe command mountoloop/path/to/myisofile.iso/home/justin/isomount" andthecontentswillbemountedinsidethatfolder.Iaddedblank lines,becauselineendingswilldifferoncethisisposted*.It'sbetter tohaveatooshortlineprecedeanimportantcommand(orother input[text])thantoriskembeddinga{newline}withinacommand (orURL). *OldtimerswillrecallaneedtohitEnterattheendofeveryline thiswasbeforeautomaticlinewrapandflowedformatbecame common. Thiscollectionisgoodenoughtomerittranslation(asin Wikipedia).(CaretomakeaWikipediaarticleoutofthis?That

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way,volunteerswilltranslate!) Bestregards, [nb] midnighthackerin1960 Clearenoughbutpleaseaddthesecommands: 1.uname 2.whoami 3.which 4.su 5.passwd etc..therearetonsofbasiccommands.needtobeupdated. veryusefulforclinewbieslikeme. Thanksfortheinfo,botholdandnew! Nicefirstintroduction.thx Mercibeaucoupc'esttrsclair! Thanksthiswasagreatrefresher.... Thankyouverymuchforallthedetails. Cheersmate. thankyou=)nicetut. clearenoughfornewbie,ilikethis. Excellentresourceforbeginners.I'llshareitontwitter:) THANKS.... Excelenteparaquemestcomeandoatrabalharcomlinux

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linuxfanatik

AboutturningthistutorialintoaPDFfile,Ihave(Under LibreofficeWriter)afacilitywherebywhenIusemyEpsonPrinter toPrintthedocumentunderLibreoffice(youjustcopyandpasteit intoablankdocument,nameitthengotoprint)yougetthechoice ofprintingtofile,actuallyprint,orturnitintoaPDFformwhich isgreat!Linuxfanatik Ihaveseveral'guides'totheCLI(CommandLineInterface)

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ConsoleorTerminalusingvariousBashorShellScripts,butthe oneaboveisthemostclearandusefulone!Iusedtodoadminwith Unixsomefortyyearsago,whenIworkedforPlesseyPLC,but whenyoumoveontosomethingelseyoutendtoforgetfamiliar scriptsandtexts,andanyway,UnixhasmovedonfromBell AssociatesandBerkeleyUniversityinCaliforniaandimproved sinceBSDandSolariscameout.ImissSolarisasaFreeunix systemsinceOracletookitoverwhocanaffordtopaytheprices Oraclewanttochargewhenyourretired?Iwillbehappytosee otherTutorialsbyJustin,likeClem,he'sgotagreatfollowingand knowsalotthatwecanalluseinLinuxMint.Linuxfanatik Thanks It'snice Thanks,veryniceintro Thisisaverygoodintrotothecommandline.Ijuststarted studyingfortheLPIlevel1exam,andthisisverymuchthefirst stuffyoulearn.Greatjob. Thankyou!Fromanewbie... VerymuchneededforthosewhoarenewtoLinux.

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dwcunplugged Examiner Kulato geomcd1949 ranjith

refrigerator:n.L.,adevicewhich,ifyoulookinsideit,youshould findacoldbeer. thisisgreatithadhelpedmetobuiltknowledgealotthanku!

1yearago

sidsparks

Imadeapdfofthisinresponsetoacoupleofcommentsbutdon't knowwheretoputittolinktosohereisanotheroption.Thewhole ofthiscanbecopiedbyselectingthetextusingthemouseinthe samewaythatyouwouldinatexteditororwordprocessorthen usethenormalcopycommand(CtrlC)orrightclickandselect copy.Thetextcanthenbepastedintoanyeditororwordprocessor ofyourchoiceusingeitherCtrlVorthepastecommandfromthe editmenu.Oncethetexthasbeenpasteditcanbeprintedorsaved. reallythankyou.veryhelpfulinfoforme. niceonegottoknowcommandswhichiwasnotaware.. Greatforbeginners,IthinkaPDFfilewouldbeagoodidea. Bnicetohave'Printout'buttononthesepages.

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1yearago Labby 1yearago kingugo

Verynicetutorial!MostofthesecommandsIalreadyknew,butit's agreatresourceforbeginners. veryhelpfulinfoformeasanewbieasihopetolearnmore.wont forgettosayitwashardtoreadandpractice Whatwouldbenicehereistowrapthisallupandhavea downloadablePDF Excellentinformation Good Verygoodfornewbies. @peterdoughttp://tldp.org/LDP/LinuxFilesystem Hierarchy/html/ Theentirehttp://tldp.orgisawesome,itstandsfor

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TheLinuxDocumentationProject Here'sagoodjumpingoffpointalso http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTOINDEX/categories.html

1yearago

RavS

Great!Thanks:)

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Veryhelopful.IshallbereferingbackherealotasIgo... allthiswasneeded,ittakestimetolearnthis.thankyou.Most excellent! Usefulindeed.Thankyou. Verygoodtutorial.greatstartingpointfornewbies.Thanks

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AsanewbietoMintand,byextensionLinux,it'shandytohave easytofollowtipsandguides.Thisisonesuchresource.Well done. Andtoaddtoallthisgreattutorial,myfavoriteistypingxmanin terminaltoshowmanualbrowserinGUI.I'vebeenusingthissince RedHat9andSuSE9(Ithink). Unknownbymostyoucanfindandinstallfromthemenuaswell

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LONNIEFUTURE asanyterminal"it'sawsome"greatthinking. Hi, Veryhelpful. Iwouldliketoseealinktoasimilarlyhelpfularticlethatexplains theLinuxfilesystemasitissodifferentfromWindows. 2yearsago peterdoug Thatwouldhelpmegetmyheadaroundtheterminal. NewbietoLinux,who'susedUNIX,DOS,Windows(95XP)to dowork. Manythanks Reallyhelpfulforme...verygoodtutorial. 2yearsago 2yearsago 2yearsago jesusmiranda genothomas Leaf ManyThanks,man! Nicearticle... greattutorial mysoomro:Thanksforthecomment.:)Youdon'tfearthe commandline,youalwayskeepinmindthatjustbecause somethingdoesn'twork,don'tprefixitwithsudobyforceofhabit. Becomingaccustomedtoapromptordenialofanactiondueto improperrightstothesystemisnoreasonfornegligence. Pleasedon'tchangethemeaningbytakingonlyasnippetofthe intendedcomment.Fearingthecommandlineandnotrealizing consequencesofquickactionsaretwodifferentthings.Thatisthe intentionofthewarning. I'veseenseveralinstancesofpeoplewhostate"Itdidn'twork,soI usedsudo"onlytocausedamagetothesystem(suchasamass chownRorsomethinginvolvinglocalXorgfiles.)Thegoalisto bringthisthoughttotheforefrontofthemindwhenusingthings thathavesuchimpacts.Itshouldnotbeanydifferentforapersonal computerthanamailclusterwhichhosts25000mailboxesgood habitsmakeforproperexecution. Greattutorial.Reallyhelpfulforstartingup.Thanks. ButIhaveaquestion.Dowereallydon'thavetofearcommand line?Youfirstsaiddon'tbeafraid,theninboldfacefont,you warnedthat,:wecan*destroy*systemsbyrunningcommands inthewrongplacewithrootrights. GreatintroductiontoBash.Nobodyshouldfearthecommandline!

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thecorfiot Thisisgreatandwellworthtakingthetimeandefforttoreallyread andlearnwhatthecommandsandtheextensionontheactualend ofthecommanddoes,intheterminal.andwhateffectsithasonthe systemwhenyouusethem.Itsreallyamustformeandoneshall highlyrecommendthistutorialtoothers.ThankYouSoSoMuch. Needmoreinfoonthebashshell?CheckouttheAdvancedBash ScriptingGuidehttp://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ Reallyhelpfulforme,sinceiinstallLinuxafewdaysago. Thanksman!

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intelliginix Calensito michaeltristan kiranguhagarkar

Verywellwrittenandtothepoint.Greatsetofbasic/newuser commandsclearlydefinedtogetfolksonthegoodfoot.Welldone, thankyou. verygoodtutorial. Excellenttutorialforbeginners,andnicearticleforanyoneon Linux. Iknowalotofthiscommands,butIrefreshmyknowledge. Thanks. verymuchneeded....thanksforyourtimeandeffort Niceintroduction,thoughmaybeyoucouldmentionthat'mv'is alsousedtorenamefiles?

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pana

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HarryKnutz

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ndixon

Also,neattip:"cd"alternatesbetweenthedirectoryyou'reinnow andyourpreviouslocation SomewhereIhavealreadyreadaboutthat:) Goodarticleonthebasicshellcommands. Great,Iknewmostofthisbuttheinformationisgreatandjustto reviewisalwaysabonus.Thanksalot. Verygread,goodtutorial! Greattutorial. Turneditintoapdfandsaveditmywifewantedtolearnmoreso nowshehasapdfofit. Thanksagain AllIcansayisTHANKYOU!!! Manythanks!Verygoodtutorial!

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2yearsago thephoenix 2yearsago 2yearsago jimmyMaruchan Kalingamahesh

Agoodinformationforbeginneronhowtostartusingtheterminal. Nicetutorial,thanks! Awesome!Thanks! veryuseful..

2yearsago

studentbong

NiceOne...Thishelpthosewhotransferfromwindowslikeme.. Thankyousomuch..

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Flanschbob

Greattutorial,buttwothingsaremissingtomakeitcomplete: Quicktip#6shouldmentiontheuseofthearrowup/downkeysto loadusedcommands Itshouldbementionedthatyourpasswordis'invisible'when typingitin.thisisquiteunusualandveryconfusingforbeginners. Nice!Goodintrototerminal.Greatstartingpointforaseasoned MSusermakingthetransitiontoLinux. thankyou! Nicetutorial...welldone...) @jhpassarelli,thisguideisnamed"The5MinuteEssentialShell Tutorial",not"The5MinuteGUITutorial"

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kakapyly kdh333 kevr jhpassarelli baldwiew spyngamerman

ThereisaGUIwaytomountISOimages...justrightclickanISO amageandselect"OpenWithArchiveMounter".That'sallthereis toit! Niceandquickfornewbiesandareminderforthelikesofme, almoststuckintheGUIworld.

2yearsago

henrymak

thanksniceandeasytounderstandforanooblikemyselfcommand linesnormallyscaremebutyourtutorialdefinitelytakestheedge off) ThisisthefirsttimeIuseLinuxandthistutorialsisreallyhelpful.I spentalotoftimejusttryingtounderstandsomeofthetermsused intheforumandarticles.Thereshouldbemoretutorialslikethisto helpmorepeoplelikememigratingtoLinux.Aglossaryofthe technicalwordsuseinLinuxwillbemostwelcome. ThankJustin,IjustusedtheTerminaltoremoveopenoffice.organd installlibreoffice.Keepupthetutorials! Iamanewbietolinux,Ilikethistutorial.Iwaslongtrappedwith theVendorM5WIND0z,shopkeeperGATE.LinuxisFor me.OPENSOURCEROCKZZ. Itsfunnyhowtheterminalatfirstglancecanscareya,thenyou

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2yearsago cphayes0882 2yearsago

readatutoriallikethisandseehowrelativelysimplethecommands reallyare.Thanksamillionforthistutorial. IjustswitchtoLinuxfromwindows(DownloadedJuliax64).I wasaprettygoodwindowsuserandhavealottolearnabout Linux.ThebasicTerminalcommandsaresomethingnewtome sinceIwasusedtoMSDOSpromt.Thanksforpostingthis.

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Blanton

Thankyouforthisquickguide.Absolutelyamusthaveinthelinux communitiesasawhole:).

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Thanks!!It'sreallyhelpfull Veryhelpfulfortheuninitiated!:) thnx Thanx justusingthislinuxmint10..thanks..i'lltrythis..^^ Everythingisinhere! Beginnerswillthankyouforthis:) Thanxforthetipwithgksudo! Veryusefultobeginners... Lotsofgoodinformation. Beginnerfriendlyandprettyawesomeindeed!Thanks:D

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blacx jahwarrior4179

veryusefulforthebeginners...:) ILikeit.

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IneedtodownloadaWIFIdriverforLinuxmint9,thatisinside Windows7,andlearnhowtomakeitoperate!Cansomehelpme byChattinginYahooMessenger,orby Email,mwh2222@yahoo.com,IamMorrisHunt,mwh2222in YahooMessenger! Verynicesummary

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Thanks GreattipsforsomeonethatsasbraindeadasIseemtobeattimes! 2yearsago 2yearsago 2yearsago sandyv Shostako itonggant Thanksmuch!:) Verygoodfirsttutorialforthebeginners.Greatwork. thx Usefulalsotooldernoobscomingbackto*nixafteran18year absence.

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Thanksfortakingthetimetowritethistutorial.Reallyhelpedouta linuxnoob. Iliketheideaofaquickhowto...Ofcoursethe"man"command willbethemosteffectivetolearntheactualuseofthecommands. PrintedtoPDFsoIcanhavesomethingtosharewithotherwhilein anofflineenvironment.Nicelydone. verynice...ilearnedsomenewtrix

Ifalltutorialswerethiswelldone,there'dbeawholelotmore peoplediggingindeeper.Iwannalearn,thisdoesn'tscaremeoff... :) Goodnoobearticle Awesomearticle,Justin.Goodwork Erika TrulyMINTyfreshnowIcanbeaheroinahalfshell!Ihavebeen puttingitoffbutyou'veremovedsomeofthatinitialaversion. mostusefulfornewcomersandpeoplelikeme,usedtojustc&p terminalcommandsfromgoogledtipspages.Thanksforproviding somelightandclearexplanations. GreatWork,verygoodtutorial.Thanks:) AsabeginnerIthinkI've2readthismanytimes..:D TincottsHavingusedLinuxfor6ormoreyears,Ivealways worriedabout usingtheterminal,eventhoughfamiliar(once!)withtheoldDos notation.Ifeelfarmoreconfidentnowinattemptingtotrymy hand.Verygratefulfortheinfo.

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Shardon

ForsomeonewhowasraisedontheoldDOScommand environment,thiswasmosthelpful.Amazinghowoldhabitsseem tojusthangoutinthememorybanksandwheninterminaltheurge tousethemjustcomescrashingforward.Nicequickoverviewand veryhelpful. ******** goodwork.thanks.

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Awesomearticle,justin.Goodwork.:D theshellnevergoesoutofstyle,thanksformakingiteasierforus Veryhelpful,thanksalot! Verynice.Thanks good Goodarticle,Justin. Twothings,though,PageDownandQ.

2yearsago

gee7

RememberasanewboytoLinuxhoweasyitistogetbaffled.For example,afterusingthecommand"manapplicationname"or"info applicationname"suchas"infognometerminal"someofthe informationwillbeshown.Itwouldbeusefultoexplaininthe tutorial(1)howtoseetherestoftheinfobyrepeatedlypressingthe DownArrowonthekeyboardorbyoneclickonPageDownand (2)moreimportantly,howtoescapefromthisinfoandreturnto yourhomeat~$:bypressingtheQkey(forquit).Iguessthat manyinexperienceduserscanonlyescapefromtheircurrentpage byclosingtheterminalaltogetherandthenopeningitupagainto startsomethingnew. Alsosomenewusersmayworrythattheprocesseswillcontinue afterclosingtheterminal,soIt'salsoworthmentioningatthe beginningthatthatclosingtheterminalbytyping"exit"("exit"and then"exit"toclosedownroot,thenuser)orbyclickingthecrossin thetoprightcornerwillkilltheprocessesthatyouhavebeen runningintheterminal,eitherasrootorasuser.Asanintroduction, howtoopenandcloseanapplication(andhowtoescapefrom someitsprocesses)isalwaysagoodstart.

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It'sallveryusefulstuff,yourarticlecanthenmovefromthemost basictothesemiskilled.Thanksforcaring. Verywelldone,iwaslookinginanotherplacesandisabunchof commandsthatisnoteasytolearnatfirstlook.Sothisisniceand thermodynamics4 usefull,Suhanapointmetotherightdirection.ThanksMint Community! nolarut Greatinfo,thanksforposting.

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kevr Deadguy navigator1 leleyx

seentonsofnewfolksaskingforpointerstoapagewithbeginning tutorialstothelinuxshell.thisoneislaidoutrighthereforyou,just don'tskipsections.verynice:] veryniceintrototheshellJustin!! goodjob!!!!!!!thanks

2yearsago

Reallylikedit,I'macompletn00btolinux,butbeenplayingwith MSCommandPromptsincemonkeyyears,andlovethatIcandoit again,weird,huh? Reallygoodone,beenusingdifferentLinuxdistributionsonand offbutneverreallylearnedtoomuchaboutshellscriptsandsuch.

2yearsago

Karlozkiller

Thisisgreat! Thanks!Iknowsomeofthebasics,butstuffabout(gk)sudoand isomountingwasveryhelpful. Hi,Man! Iwasthinkingaboutatutorialonshellscript,whichwehaven't hereyet,andIfoundthisone.It'sverygood!SoIthinkyoucould writethenextShellTutorial,thistimeteachingpeoplehowtosave thecommandstoa.shfile,writingtheshebang,makingit executable,andsoon.Itisamazingthataprocesslikethisisalmost unknownoutsidelinuxworld,andIforonehadbeenusingitalot earlierifsomeonetaughtmehoweasyandusefulitcanbe. Thanksforcaring! Thankyoueveryoneforthepositivevotes,itisgreatlyappreciated! Ifthereisanythingonethinksshouldbeadded,pleasepost. Thanks. GoodstartJustin. Thisisasorelyneededstartforthoseusersthat"justdon'tquiteget it"butIamafraidthattherearemanyothersthatstillwouldn'tbe bothered.

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justin

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dbpatankar justin

Iforoneappreciatetheeffortthatyouhaveputintothis.Kudos. @dbpatankarAgreed,I'mstillonthefenceaboutthatactually. Abuseofrmrfjustlikeanyotherscanhavedrasticconsequences. I'lladditwithwarnings. Greatstart.......congrats! maybe'rmrffolder'willalsobeuseful. Sincenouserwillliketoconfirmdescendingineachfolder. Thisisprobablyincompleteatthecurrenttime,butyourthoughts areappreciated.Pleaseletmeknow.Thankyou.

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