I suggest you buy a book on UNIX or better read the books included on
linux cdrom (user's guide, administrator's guide,...)
Anyway, another suggestion is:
as root execute the command "updatedb" and "makewhatis" (look in the man)
the first one will create a database of all the files on your hard drive
so that you can find them very quickly.
to look for files the command is "locate" try "man locate".
the second one will create a database of all the man pages you have on
your system. You can query for commands dealing
with a subject with the command "apropos"
"apropos floppy" gives this on my system:
fd (4) - floppy disk device
fdformat (8) - Low-level formats a floppy disk
mbadblocks (1) - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in
the FAT
'" t
mformat (1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted
floppy d
isk '" t
mkbootdisk (8) - creates a stand-alone boot floppy for the running
system
setfdprm (8) - sets user-provided floppy disk parameters
with apropos you will get lists of commands you need on a subject. Then
you read the man pages of all these commands and take notes... learning
the hard way.
hope this helps
pascal
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Herman Aa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 12:42 PM
> To: linux-newbie
> Subject: List of COMMANDS
>
>
>
> Hi All, 11aug99
>
> I am stuck because I never really got started.
>
> I have RH 5.0 installed 'all files', from CDROM.
> I am the only user.
> I login as root. Where do I go from there?
> (I dont see heads or tails of Linux)
> Key information: Where do I find a list of COMMANDS that
> are available from the cmd line. (XFree86 can wait.)
>
> I can read MAN pages ..... (Not very effective because
> I have no list of available cmds to ask MAN's for.)
> Familiar with 'more' and 'less'. I can print.
> I can use MC. (in root for the time being. I am careful)
> Re-installation is easy. I have made all the possible
> mistakes, incl letting 'reset' of DisDruid wipe-out all
> my partitions. FDisk-Linux helped me restore.
> I can boot with LILO but find LOADLIN easier to use.
> I am reading 'Linux-NEWBIE' for a long time.
>
> Goal1: Get out root. Find the way in Linux.
> (Cannot find my notes. Where do I find Find the cmds,
> syntax, for 'ADDUSER' 'REMOVEUSER' and associated
> passwords?).
> I need a list of (basic, newbie-)commands to be able
> to operate Linux.
>
> Goal 2: Get comfortable with using Linux.
> -Reading, editing, copying, printing.
> -Find out what pgms are installed already.
> (Getting on Internet is in there already,
> supposedly. But they forget to tell how.)
> -Learn Linux by using.
>
> Goal 3: many. (Say Goodbye to Windows.)
> I'll ask when I get there.
>
> I am familiar with MSDOS.
> I have RH5.0 CDROM + 3 CDROMs 'Linux Archives'.
> RH6.0 + 'Running Linux' book is on the way. ETA 1nov99.
> I have 160MHz Pentium, 64MB RAM, 8GB HD, CDROM.
>
> Thanks for helping. Reading Newbie-list is very
> encouraging to continue with Linux.
> Herman Aa.
> From a mountaintop on Cebu island, Philippines.
> Seeing Linux in front, coconut-trees, the sea,
> next island, when looking out the Window.
>
>
