Re: NEW UBUNTU USERS: Becoming friends with the terminal...
Originally Posted by
Daveski
Nice work. I know that someone already mentioned using man, but can I suggest you add this to the original post. After you have said:
... I think you should add that running
will give you all this info and more.
Perhaps you could reiterate that users should check the man page for each command they are copying from a post:
- don't try to understand it all, but run an eye over the page to see if you can get the gist of what the command in the post is supposed to do. Be on the lookout for commands that are malicious - this is unusual to find in the forums as most people are there to help, but it pays to be cautious.
It might be worth mentioning that the man page can be scrolled with the cursor keys or the mouse wheel. Pressing q will Quit from the manual page.
What a very sound point you are making, Daveski.
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