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retro89
May 7th, 2010, 04:22 PM
I have used linux for 2 years but still dont know much with the terminal and I wanted a book that gave commands and examples of using these commands. What book would you recommend?
samalex
May 7th, 2010, 05:11 PM
Check here - http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/index.html
They have TONS of such books online for free.
Also check these out:
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/GNU-Linux-Tools-Summary/html/index.html
As for printed books, O'Reilly has about the best selection I've seen: http://search.oreilly.com/?q=linux+command+line
HTH,
Sam
NMFTM
May 7th, 2010, 05:14 PM
In all honesty, I don't think doing commands (or anything computer related) from a book is really a good way to learn. I can only speak for myself, but I can't really learn anything about computers unless I can somehow apply it to something I want to do in real life.
Whatever it is that you do in the GUI, learn how to do it with the CLI. For example, VLC player comes with a CLI app called cvlc that you could use in place of the GUI version.
ukripper
May 7th, 2010, 05:15 PM
I have used linux for 2 years but still dont know much with the terminal and I wanted a book that gave commands and examples of using these commands. What book would you recommend?
This one is my favourite of all - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0470082933/?tag=hashemian-20
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