Linux Command Line Learning Resources

[cortman]

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Thought it'd be handy to compile a thread with online resources for new Linux users who want to learn the command line. I'll link it in my signature.

MASTER INDEX: Glance over this briefly before posting, to see if we can avoid duplicates. And if we do get duplicates, no big deal. I'll try and keep this list updated with your new posts.
Below are the links, and the number at the end is the post in which the resource was suggested.


Sites:

Linux Command #4
BashGuide BashPitfalls BashFAQ - Greg's Wiki #4
Using The Terminal #2
Command Line How To #2
Advanced Command Line How To #2
LINUX: Rute User’s Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer #4
The Linux Users' Guide by Larry Greenfield #4
An A-Z Index of the Bash command line #4
Gnu Manuals #4
The Linux Tutorial #4
Bash By Example Part 1 #4
Learn Linux 101: The Linux Command Line #4
Learn Linux 101: File and Directory Management #4
Linux Files and Command Reference #4
Agustin's Linux manual - Volume 2 - System Administration #4
Bash Guide for Beginners #4
Basic Unix Commands #4
More Unix Commands #4
Learn Unix in Ten Minutes #4
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial- A Beginner's Handbook #4
GNU/Linux Tools Summary #4
Linux.ie- The Beginner's Linux Guide #4
Free Linux Classes #4
Linux Shell Scripting Tutorials #4
The Linux Documentation Project #9
Wikipedia- The Command Line Interface #16
Bash Hackers.org #15
List of online Bash Scripting Tutorials #15
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use #21
Commands at Konsole #27
Using the Command Line #27
Local Documentation Bundled with Ubuntu #27
CLI Reference Card Wallpaper #31
Atomic Fanboy's CLI Cheatsheet #114
A to Z Index of the Bash Command Line #45
CLI Companion #48
Shell and Utilities: Detailed ToC #49
Bash One-liners #50
CLI Basics Wallpaper #51
Terminal Keyboard Shortcuts #65
Linux For System Administrators #61
The Grymoire - Home for Unix Wizards #62
The Command Line Crash Course #75
Shell Fu #77
Unix Lore #86
Linux Format Shell Tutorial #106


Free downloadable PDF books:

Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours #1
An Introduction to the Linux Command Shell for Beginners #1
GNU/Linux Command Line Tools Summary #1
Linux Basics #1
The Debian Reference Card #16
The Linux Command Line #26
The Debian Administrator's Handbook #94



Analog Books:

Linux For Dummies #10
Linux Pocket Guide #10
Hayne's Manual for Ubuntu Linux #10
Linux: The Complete Reference #10
Sobell Books #13
Linux in a Nutshell #14
The Linux Command Line #56


NOTE: Please do not use this thread for support, but other advice is appreciated.

[cortman]

A couple from bodhi.zazen...

From the Ubuntu wiki:

Using The Terminal

Command Line Howto\

Advanced Command Line How To

[Ms. Daisy]

Great idea!

+1

[Double.J]

Great idea!

+1

I know you said online resources cortman, but I thought that I'd add a couple of books I bought when I was starting out. I learn best from physical books, so for anyone else like me;

I started with "Linux for Dummys" then went out and added the "Linux pocket guide" as a very useful, now highly worn out reference!

I have added the "Linux; The Complete Reference", but I wouldn't say it's noob friendly in the least - I often find myself re-reading bits 3 years on!

I got bought the Haynes Manual for Ubuntu Linux for my birthday last year - I knew a lot of it by then, but if anything I would now advise this a the place to start - an excellent intro!

[Habitual]

...I often find myself re-reading bits 3 years on!

18 years of IT experience and I still refer to my hard copy too.
The data in them might be dated, but the techniques are usually still valid.

[Kixtosh]

Oh cortman! I cannot believe that you are the first to do this. What a tremendous idea.

As a fairly new Linux user, even though I've been toying with it since 2004 (Knoppix LiveCD), and using it every day as my main O.S. since early 2010 (a phantasmagorical virus attack hosed my Windows XP), I absolutely love the idea of the command line interface. So simple, fast and effective ... IF ... you know what you're doing, which I DON'T, so I mostly keep to the Ubuntu Software Center and Synaptic Package Manager.

I've read most of the thread as fast as I could, so I might have missed something, but are you going to try to keep your list of links up to date in the first post? That would be such a great idea, in my opinion, since so many of the most useful threads (and therefore popular) get drowned in a sea of comments ... some few of which include great information, but who reads a whole thread when it's fifty screens long, or more?! Most users on a quest for something probably read the first screen or two, and then the last one or two screens of most recent posts.

[cortman]

Oh cortman! I cannot believe that you are the first to do this. What a tremendous idea.

As a fairly new Linux user, even though I've been toying with it since 2004 (Knoppix LiveCD), and using it every day as my main O.S. since early 2010 (a phantasmagorical virus attack hosed my Windows XP), I absolutely love the idea of the command line interface. So simple, fast and effective ... IF ... you know what you're doing, which I DON'T, so I mostly keep to the Ubuntu Software Center and Synaptic Package Manager.

I've read most of the thread as fast as I could, so I might have missed something, but are you going to try to keep your list of links up to date in the first post? That would be such a great idea, in my opinion, since so many of the most useful threads (and therefore popular) get drowned in a sea of comments ... some few of which include great information, but who reads a whole thread when it's fifty screens long, or more?! Most users on a quest for something probably read the first screen or two, and then the last one or two screens of most recent posts.

Thanks for the kind comments, Kixtosh.
I'm a big fan of the CLI myself. Its sheer power is rather addicting.
I'm keeping the master index updated daily, and if it ever happens that I can't any more, I'll give someone else control over it.

[blessedcross7]

Hi im new just saying hi my name is chris. sorry if this is the wrong spot to post.. im currently running Ubuntu 10.04

[sudodus]

Welcome to the Ubuntu Forums Chris

If you want to you can present yourself in a separate thread.

And if/when you have problems or questions, please start a new thread with an appropriate and descriptive title, so that people who know about it and are interested in it will find it.

[crawforduntz]

This is rich! i used ubuntu once over a year ago, but stopped when one summer end, and now i'm so close to burning windows 7 down...XD