If it is just one command to launch an application for example you can press Alt+F2 and type the launching command. This is useful for terminal applications that open up in a window. However, if you type other commands or have lots of options and wildcards then you will want to open a terminal window and type in the terminal itself. You can usually get help by typing --help or -H after the command or get the manpage (manual) by typing man and then the command such as: man apt-get. It will give you help for apt-get. You can use it for any command.
See: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/intro.1.html http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php Enjoy! Roy Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit Location: Canada On 30 June 2011 20:33, Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:00:00PM -0000, Gabrielle wrote: > > Greetings, I have the latest Ubuntu on a Toshiba Satellite L505 Laptop. > > I am now ready to go to the next step in learning the wonderful world of > Linux. I downloaded a program called "Kismet", which works like net > stumbler. So, when I downloaded it, it said it is accessed by the terminal. > It also does not show up in my regular applications. I see that I have an > icon for terminal and went there and tried typing in just kismet and I just > became confused. So, I need a "how to use terminal for dummies", I did go > through the files section first, with no success. Any suggestions of how to > learn how to input and use terminal applications in an easy to follow step > by step manner? Thank you, Gabrielle. > > > > I'm not sure how the latest Ubuntu's unity works, but as you guessed, > you open the terminal application. > > So....there you are at a command prompt. Now, typing kismet was a good > idea, and might have opened it. Unfortunately, apparently it didn't. > Many programs have some documents. > > Ahhh, even though this is for Ubuntu 7.04, it will probably work. > > http://www.twistedethics.com/2007/04/25/how-to-setup-kismet-in-ubuntu-704/ > > See if that's useful. > > -- > Scott Robbins > PGP keyID EB3467D6 > ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 > > All: We can face anything. > Anya: Except for bunnies > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
