On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 09:07, Michael Adams wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2002 09:44, Roger Sherman wrote: > > On Sat, 18 May 2002, Chris Ames wrote: > > > Where should I go to find a listing of the command-line commands? I've > > > been trying to copy the MP3's from the CD's that I burned over to a > > > personal folder, but it buggers up rather often. Last time I tried, it > > > gave me an error message when the file was at the end of being copied > > > that it couldn't read the file. I tried it with another file and it > > > happened again. I know that the command-line is more reliable than a > > > GUI, plus I think it's a good idea to get to know the commands when in > > > command-line anyway. I remember what CS does, but that's about it. > > > <snip> > > > > I have a great book called Linux System Commands, by Patrick Volkerding > > and Kevin Reichard (M&T Books) that I just can't recommend enough. It > > lists virtually all the commands, with a summary of what each does, along > > with the list of options, as well as what they do. It also lists related > > commands, and lists the DOS - Linux equivalents. <snip> > > All the posts you have received are good advice. > > Built into your system is some good documentation. For information about all > the commands try "man" in a console. Specifically for your problem. > > man man - a manual on the manual > man cp - the copy command > man chown - changing ownership > man chgrp - changing group ownership > man chmod - changing the permissions (who has access to what) > > Slightly more awkward is "info". It covers things slightly better than "man". > Typing "info" on its own gets a list of all commands (that have an info page > written) with a quick description. Also at the top you get a little on how to > drive it. Remember "q" and "h" and you can't go wrong. > <snip> > By the way, the alternative answer to this post is. > "man and info are your friends"
Another very helpful command (and perhaps more appropriate in your case) is 'apropos'. >From the man page: apropos searches a set of database files containing short descriptions of system commands for keywords and displays the result on the standard output. You need only specify a loose term to apropos to get an idea of relevant commands available on your system. eg: apropos directory turns up a list of commands relevant to working with directories. Apropos also turns up programming functions which you'll have to learn to ignore if you're only interested in system commands. Try it and you'll see what I mean. Very helpful tool! I hope this helps. Regards, John...
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