Command-Line Tutorial on the Command-Line?

[jonathansizz]

I want to systematically learn to use the command-line. There's lots of tutorials on the web, but I'd like to know if there's one you can actually run in the terminal itself (like vimtutor, for example). Anyone know of anything?

[jocampo]

I want to systematically learn to use the command-line. There's lots of tutorials on the web, but I'd like to know if there's one you can actually run in the terminal itself (like vimtutor, for example). Anyone know of anything?

Free! and what I mean free...is free my friend ... Ubuntu/Linux Guide: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/index_main.html

Keir is a great author! You will enjoy the pocket guide so much, that you will end getting Beginning Ubuntu Linux 3rd ed, from him of course. Anyway, please down load it and read it, will help you a lot.

My final advice is check the "man" options for every command every time you can. You'll learn a lot about syntax and command's purpose.

[doorknob60]

Run these commands for tutorials on different things. It might give you a lot more info than you need (particularly on the bash one) though

man bash
man ls
man cd
man rm
man mv

YOu can type man before pretty much anything to get a detailed explanation of what it is and how to use it, at least for CLI apps (not sure if GUI apps have man pages very often)

[rhythmiccycle]

i just googled, and found some good pages:


https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

this page had links to other pages:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=990636

tons of code references on this page:
http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Jaunty

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1226928

hope this helps.

[marshag63]

rhythmmiccycle, you can try an INX live-cd - all CLI with tutorials you work through to learn how to navigate directories, manage packages, and work with files. The INX live CD is setup with IRC chat, web browsers, email (via gmail), file management, and even listening to streaming music and playing CDs, as well as the ability to use wifi. Its an awesome learning tool!

MarshaG.

http://inx.maincontent.net/

[andrew.46]

Hi jonathonsizz,

I want to systematically learn to use the command-line. There's lots of tutorials on the web, but I'd like to know if there's one you can actually run in the terminal itself (like vimtutor, for example). Anyone know of anything?

vimtutor is pretty cool . Have you thought perhaps of immersing yourself in the commandline for a couple of specific applications? This would be an alternative to attempting to line commandline syntax by rote. Perhaps email and media conversion:

[Howto] Use Mutt with Gmail
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1021746

HOWTO: Install and use the latest FFmpeg and x264
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095

I suspect if you make the commandline a part of your computing activities you cannot fail to learn.

Andrew

[chris4585]

+1 to INX

[rhythmiccycle]

rhythmmiccycle, you can try an INX live-cd - all CLI with tutorials you work through to learn how to navigate directories, manage packages, and work with files. The INX live CD is setup with IRC chat, web browsers, email (via gmail), file management, and even listening to streaming music and playing CDs, as well as the ability to use wifi. Its an awesome learning tool!

MarshaG.

http://inx.maincontent.net/

i tried the INX live-cd, its great, thanks for the tip.