Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-17 Thread Chip Davis
I can't teach my UNIX classes without caffeine and a vi cheat-sheet. Fortunately, both are available here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/mugs/7bbe/ -Chip- On 8/15/08 16:31 Higgins, Neil S said: Linux-Unix cheat sheets - The ultimate collection

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-16 Thread Paul Raulerson
LOL! I didn't mean to start an editor war. In fact I keep THE editor available on all my Unix and Linux systems, most especially Linux. Editing HLASM is much nicer in THE than in vi, and the same for COBOL. But like someone else pointed out, I use vi to edit the makefiles to build both

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-16 Thread Jack Woehr
Paul Raulerson wrote: I used to teach vi At GunPoint classes, I love it! -- Jack J. Woehr# Self-delusion is http://www.well.com/~jax # half the battle! http://www.softwoehr.com # - Zippy the Pinhead

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:03 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Paul Raulerson wrote: (1) Learn vi

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Gentry, Stephen
] On Behalf Of Thomas Kern Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:09 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands When CMS HELP first came out, the group I was with built a process to format and print all of the Help files into our own books. It would be nice if there was a process

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Scott Rohling
Yep .. the consultant role pretty much demands that you you are familiar with the 'standard' Linux (*ix) tools rather than dependent on your favorite tool. If your daily job consists of working on 'your' system, then you have the luxury of choosing the tools that you prefer. So - even here on

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread David Boyes
for i in $(find /usr/share/man/man*) -name \*gz; do gzip -dc $i | nroff | lpr done Note that this also doesn't include the GNU binutils documentation or any of the stuff that is in 'info' format. If you want PDF, substitute 'ps2pdf -o $i' for 'lpr'. No, don't actually do this.

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Macioce, Larry
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands I find the man pages marginal as far as helping. Sometimes (small percentage of the time) they provide the info that I need. Most of the time, I'm still left wondering. Examples would help immensely. Steve -Original Message- From

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Jack Woehr
Gentry, Stephen wrote: I find the man pages marginal as far as helping. Sometimes (small percentage of the time) they provide the info that I need. Most of the time, I'm still left wondering. Examples would help immensely. The man pages in Unix tend to be precise, concise and complete, but

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Adam Thornton
On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Rich Greenberg wrote: On: Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 10:03:14PM -0500,Adam Thornton Wrote: } On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Paul Raulerson wrote: } } (1) Learn vi. } } Heretic. Adam may call me a heretic also but I agree with Paul. While there are many other editors

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Austin, Alyce (CIV)
replies... Alyce -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Thornton Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:53 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: Linux Commands On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Rich Greenberg wrote: On: Thu, Aug 14, 2008

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-15 Thread Higgins, Neil S
Linux-Unix cheat sheets - The ultimate collection http://www.scottklarr.com/topic/115/linux-unix-cheat-sheets---the-ultima te-collection/ I especially like first item in the first row (Unix/Linux Reference Card) and The One Page Linux Manual in row two position two. FOSSwire.com has one named

editors [was: Re: Linux Commands]

2008-08-15 Thread Rick Troth
Rich Greenberg's comment carries weight; the altnative editors are often not available. But I very much prefer them. As it happens, I have THE in a ready-to-run form for Windows (via CYGWIN) PC Linux mainframe Linux FreeBSD at least, and possibly others. The

Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Alyce Austin
Does a manual exists that has all the SuSE Linux commands listed running on the Z series with really good examples? Thanks for your support, Alyce

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Terry Spaulding
There is a nice folding summary card that has basic zOS, zVM, VSE, and Linux commands from IBM. I found the 'Complex Operating Systems Command Summary' folding card on the IBM Publications Center website. Pub number: sr23-9248-01 http://www.elink.ibmlink.ibm.com/publications/servlet/pbi.wss?PAG

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread David Boyes
That's going to be complicated because every program you install becomes a new command, and some commands could be books all to themselves. There's also the complication that there are several variations to how documentation for Linux commands is prepared and maintained. All packages are *supposed

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Adam Thornton
On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Thomas Kern wrote: When CMS HELP first came out, the group I was with built a process to format and print all of the Help files into our own books. It would be nice if there was a process to format and print all of the MAN pages that are resident on an

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Thomas Kern
Okay, now how about converting each one into an individual PDF for burning to a CD? I am already sorry. Is it Friday yet? /Tom Kern Adam Thornton wrote: On Aug 14, 2008, at 7:08 PM, Thomas Kern wrote: When CMS HELP first came out, the group I was with built a process to format and print

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Paul Raulerson
the complication that there are several variations to how documentation for Linux commands is prepared and maintained. All packages are *supposed* to include man pages, but that can be a bit spotty for some of the commands maintained by smaller groups or individuals. The man command will display

Re: Linux Commands

2008-08-14 Thread Adam Thornton
On Aug 14, 2008, at 9:34 PM, Paul Raulerson wrote: (1) Learn vi. Heretic. Adam