--- In [email protected], "dbneeley" <dbnee...@...> wrote: > > For those of us who spent a few years with DOS (or, before that, CPM) not to > mention various UNIX variants, the command line is often the fastest way to > get things done. > > For example, I downloaded the apt-fast script, which uses a utility to > download program updates in four pieces at the same time. That has been > tested to be up to 17 times faster than apt-get alone. > > Thus, doing an update is far faster by simply opening a terminal window and > giving a brief command. > > Once you begin learning a few commands you find particularly helpful, pretty > soon you find it incredibly flexible, powerful, and useful. > > Then, some of the commands you use repetitively with multiple switches that > might prove difficult to remember, you can create simple aliases for--so > invoking them is incredibly easy from then on. > > David > Yeah, I've read a bit about aliasing, David, but my problem is that I would be about as likely to remember the alias as I would remember the actual command. lol Guess it's just a matter of repetition, but as Roy mentioned, memory and keyboarding don't exactly improve with age. Still it's nice to know that such a powerful tool is available and, worst-case scenario, one can visit a forum such as this one or Google for the proper command syntax. Mark
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