On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:16, Ralph Stoker wrote: > command line, command line, command line.... > > just what the doctor ordered....I feel that the sooner I as a newbie become > familiar and comfortable with using this the greater my chances of > developing a lifelong interest in Linux and its various distros. If you can get your head around the use of the readline keystrokes used to edit the command line before submitting it to the shell, that's half the battle won. There is a man page which is very informative, large, and somewhat indigestible.
> ..Talks on various programs just giving a brief overview highlight the > options available to linux users and may spur one to try something new. It's my intent to do a talk which does exactly this. > ..Scripting and other 'techie stuff' whilst currently this may go over my > head ...if done in conjunction with more digestable 'how to' talks can but > only stimulate further investigation / learning and should be commended.... You might care to look at the "Advanced bash Scripting Guide":- http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ It's also available for download from:- http://personal.riverusers.com/~thegrendel/abs-guide-3.0.tar.bz2 Don't pay too much attention to the word "Advanced", because the author starts at the basics, and I'm sure that you will get questions answered here. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
