Hi Thomas, Just one more thing...where does "shell" and "bash" come from?
Best Regards, Hayden -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 2:23 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] MOTA Beta 16 Changes Hi, The Linux shell environment isn't that difficult really. A book on bash shell commands would go a long way to explaining it. In fact I prefer the Linux terminal window over the Windows command prompt because it has features such as automatic completion, the ability to redo last command, etc.What people find daunting about it is that it follows the common Unix shell commands. cd --- Change directory. mkdir --- Create new directory. mv --- Move directory. ls --- list contents of directory. rm --- Remove directories and files. cp --- Copy file or directory. You get the idea. Most people who grew up on Dos or use Windows find those shell commands unusual and downright strange. Thing is those commands existed before Dos or Windows ever existed. However, like everything else, once Microsoft came along they decided to do everything their own way, and of course everyone went along with it. Now, people who used Dos or the Windows command prompt find Linux, which uses time honored Unix shell commands, is weird or unusual. All the same Bash is also customizable too. If you open .bashrc you can remap those commands to anything you want. You can add an entry like alias copy='cp -r' so you can type copy and it will execute the cp command. I often use this ability to customize bash to create a single command that executes a long command. For example, alias install='sudo apt-get install' simplifies the apt-get install command to something very simple and quick to use. So Definitely the Linux terminal window is far more powerful than the Windows command prompt by a long shot. Smile. On 11/3/10, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > After reading your (novella? <Grin>) I went to Blind Cool Tech to se what > there was on Linux there. Interesting OS, except for the terminal; that > definitely looks...daunting. I'll stop now. > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
