how do people remember lots of commands..??

[Uncle Spellbinder]

For me, it has always been repetition. The more you use any command, the easier it is to remember it

Off the top of my head, I use the following regularly enough that I remember them quite easily...

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install <package name>
sudo apt-get remove --purge <package name>
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean

[rushikesh988]

sudo apt-get

is the first step towards being advance user in linux

[whatthefunk]

I just learn through regular use. I started out learning basic navigation (cd, ls, mv, cp etc) then learned commands to acquire system information because my old computer sucked and always had problems. (Great guide here by the way: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-...ux-system.html) Then I learned package managing stuff like apt-get, apt-cache, and dpkg. And so on.... I basically just learn something when the need arises. Im to the point now where I dont need to look at man pages for most things, and then when I get stumped, I at least know where to start looking. Just keep using the terminal and Im sure that youll get the hang of it and learn a lot.

[rushikesh988]

oh nice one sir...

[samalex]

I only remember maybe 10-15 often used commands (ps, ls, cat, man, apt-get, dpkg, grep, and a few others), but once I use a command with some lengthy options I almost always just pull it out of bash_history instead of trying to memorize what I did. I never clear out my history, so I generally have a lengthy history to refer back on.

[sffvba[e0rt]

As long as I have the net available, Google and copy/paste I can use the terminal


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[dannyboy79]

hello all ,
I am the ubuntu user since 6.06 but let me tell you . I have always found it very complex task to remember commands of linux.

I have also seen that many users here solving problems only with commands (and yes hats off to the forum staff they just rock with their knowlege base)
I mean there are hundreds (probably thousands not sure) of commands for linux and with there arguments it becomes the huge list ..


I have tried using

but its still a complex thing to remember ...
Is there is any special trick except practicing it ???

simply put, the commands you use and practice frequently you won't ever forget.

[Jakin]

Over time, its like remembering anything else.. Complex commands that i might use are also in history, if for some reason i had command-block that day.

[mikodo]

Wow, thanks!

gedit .bash_history

Never new of this. And, I was maintaining a "stupid_file", for myself. Duh!

Another one, I didn't know:

Ctrl-R search

Like, I could ever get so good to remember something like this:

sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep '[[:space:]]install$='| awk '{print $1}' > installedpackages

[stinkeye]

On using bash history.
Running these 2 commands...

echo "\"\e[5~\": history-search-backward" >> ~/.inputrc
echo "\"\e[6~\": history-search-forward" >> ~/.inputrc

Binds pageup to history-search-backward....Binds pagedown to history-search-forward.

So if I enter sudo dpkg I can cycle through all the history commands starting with sudo dpkg, using pageup and pagedown.

How did I know this? Looked in my 4 years worth of gnotes.