StevenD wrote: > D. R. Evans wrote: >> Steven Dayton said the following at 08/20/2009 01:30 PM :
>> If you have at least a vague idea of what you're trying to do, then the >> "apropos" command can often help. >> > Huh? > > Is there some kind of documentation Yes, though the stuff for the various shells may be a bit of a learning curve for beginners. Efforts are rewarded however, and you can do a lot of stuff at the command prompt that simply can't be expressed in a GUI. (Granted many users may never need to do most of them, but once you know how to use the command line, it does make you more productive.) > or how-to for us beginners on how to > work the Terminal and what these lines of code mean and do? Even Unix V in 1985 shipped with tutorials in the use of shell (sh the command line). I'd be very surprised if such things didn't ship in many distros, and there is loads on information on the net if you google for it ! Cheers, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
