Learning the Linux command line.

[Karen Lewellen]

hi all,
From another list, but from my stance too amazing not to share.
I say this because  a book like this, second to in person training, is the 
sort of thing I have desired finding for years.
If I cannot marry Jason, I want him knighted!
Kare


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Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:45:02 -0500
From: Jason White <jason at jasonjgw.net>
Subject: Re: Terminal Commands (Was: Moving files from one folder to another)

Deb Lewis <deblewis53 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Where do you learn how to use the terminal commands? I’m sure that would be
> a good thing to know as you indicate. And people talk about doing it but
> never say how it’s done.

I think it's best done by a combination of:

1. A good book on the subject. I don't know of a good OS X-oriented book. For
Linux, which is similar, there is a freely available book by William E. Shotts
Jr., The Linux Command Line. You can download it from the author's Web site in
PDF format:
http://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

Once you've learned the basics, a book such as Unix Power Tools, 3rd ed.,
published by O'Reilly and available from bookshare.org, is recommended.

2. Manual pages. The "man" command allows you to look up comprehensive
descriptions of many commands. For example, typing "man ls" (without the
quotation marks) will give you a reference manual entry describing the ls
command.

3. Practice. If you use the commands regularly, you'll remember them.

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