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?
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