On life hacker the other day they had a tip about making a quick plain text file with a short description and then the command. Different file for each command, saved in the same directory each time, then just use a quick search to find stuff. Sounded like good advise, but I haven't started to do it yet. You can't grep a notebook.
On 2/5/07, Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com> wrote: > > I need to keep a notebook. When I read something about "you can use > this command to do this," I think to myself, /no way, that's > awesome!/, but then I forget it. man -k for instance. But that did jog > my memory that apropos is the same command. > > You're right. I guess it's memorization time. > > On 2/5/07, John Hebert <johnahebert at yahoo.com> wrote: > > Google to the rescue: > > > > http://www.google.com/search?q=command+line+linux > > > > LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell > scripts.LinuxCommand.org is a web site devoted to helping users of legacy > operating systems discover the power of Linux. > > www.linuxcommand.org/ - 4k - Cached - Similar pages Introduction to > Command Line LinuxThis is an introductory guide for people learning to use a > Linux system. It focuses on command-line usage. This is not because everyone > will be doing ... > > www.physics.ubc.ca/mbelab/computer/linux-intro/html/ - 9k - Cached - > Similar pages > > Linux Command Line TipsA linux command line cheat sheet. ... This is a > list of linux commands for common operations. Note items marked with ? are > valid/safe to paste without ... > > www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html - 37k - Cached - Similar pages > > Linux commands MAN PageAn A-Z Index of the Linux BASH command line > alias Create an alias apropos Search Help manual pages (man -k) awk Find and > Replace text, ... > > www.ss64.com/bash/ - 15k - Cached - Similar pages > > SS64.comCommand line reference for Oracle, Windows, Linux and OS X. > Includes database commands, PL/SQL and the data dictionary. > > www.ss64.com/ - 5k - Cached - Similar pages > > tuXfiles - Linux command line tutorials for newbiesAn introduction to > the Linux command line and shell. A set of tutorials teaching how to use the > most important Linux commands, wildcards, and input/output ... > > www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages > > GNU/Linux Command Line Tools SummaryThis document is an attempt to > provide a comprehensive summary of useful command line tools available to a > GNU/Linux based operating system. > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Joe Fruchey <ignavia at gmail.com> > > To: general at brlug.net > > Sent: Monday, February 5, 2007 8:23:48 AM > > Subject: [brlug-general] Learning the command line > > > > I have a 900MHz laptop with Fedora 6 installed. Gnome and KDE both > > slog it down. Not the the point of unusability, mind you, but I like > > things to be zippy. > > > > So I installed fluxbox. > > > > But I lost all my fancy gui-based Gnome config utils. It's okay, > > though, because I know those are all just frontends for command line > > utils. But how do I learn them?! In Gnome, if I wanted to change > > something, I'd go to the system menu and look. But without a visual > > reference, how would I know that xrandr changes the resolution? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > > http://new.mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -- Michael Dolan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070205/a3f4bbd3/attachment.html
