Taking First Breath with Terminal instead of solely the GUI.

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With Windows OS I never did anything in the terminal, so using that in Linux LMDE 6 is completely new to me. Using the key terms "linux lmde 6 terminal commands list" in a search engine I was able to locate Alexio (https://community.linuxmint.com/user/view/17) post on the Linux Mint Community which I noticed as being 7 years old at this point, considering that I feel like a baby first recognizing that the sky is blue or something; anything is helpful at this point. After reading thru https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/244 having a list of Linux Terminal Commands by System Info, Learn the Commands, Searching, File Permissions, File Commands, Compression, Printing, Network, SSH, User Administration, Process Management, Installation from Source, Stopping & Starting being able to familiarize myself with some of the options there in I found helpful. After watching a couple of YouTube Tutorials from Akamai Developer "The Linux Filesystem Explained, How Each Directory is Used" and "18 Commands that will change the way you use Linux Forever" I feel a bit more confident that I won't completely trash my system using the terminal like I did with my first computer when I stumbled into the BIOS accidently. I was looking for something like this as I strive to learn how to use the terminal with my Faye distro of Debian. Having only ever seen our field techs at work using the terminal I have always found it a bit intimidating, but these are helping me not be quite so scared of the big black text only screen as I strive to do a bit better with the terminal and not be solely dependent on the GUI as I have been so far.

Does anyone know of any more current lists like that that I can either watch or read? Very Much Appreciate Everyone's Patience with the newbies like myself; I am Grateful beyond words for your sage advice and reassurance. The more comfortable I get with this, the less I feel like I shot myself in the foot making the switch to Linux.
 


Brickwizard said:
Debian shell commands

ShellCommands - Debian Wiki

wiki.debian.org wiki.debian.org

common commands

Almost anything you want to know about your machine [inxi is preinstalled in LMDE]

itsfoss.com

Use inxi to Get All Kind of System Information in Linux

inxi is a handy script that provides you with the system hardware and software information about the Linux system it is executed on. Learn more about using it.
itsfoss.com itsfoss.com
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Awesome, Thank You!
 
onguys said:
The more comfortable I get with this, the less I feel like I shot myself in the foot making the switch to Linux.
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Well done. it is good to see that you are on a good distro (faye, lmde6) and that you are taking steps to satisfy your curiosity, which in turn makes you far more comfortable with what you have done by moving to Linux.

Question...do you have Timeshift set up?...I note that you are worried that you may burn your new system to the ground....and I can assure you that a great number of members here have done exactly that...myself included......you won't be the first and most definitely won't be the last.
Timeshift will save your soul, your sanity and your OS

When you need to know more, just mention it here.
 
onguys said:
Does anyone know of any more current lists like that that I can either watch or read? Very Much Appreciate Everyone's Patience with the newbies like myself; I am Grateful beyond words for your sage advice and reassurance. The more comfortable I get with this, the less I feel like I shot myself in the foot making the switch to Linux.
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Some observations on the command line:

Lots of the basic terminal commands in linux predate the creation of linux. They were created for unix years before linux appeared, so the notion of "more current lists" of commands is probably an unnecessary limitation. The sorts of commands I'm referring to are the ones that create, copy, move, delete and manipulate files in various ways. These are usually the most used in the initial stages of learning the command line in the terminal and provide the base upon which other commands operate.

That said, over the years of the growth of linux, new commands have been developed, and older commands have been revised, improved and gained power in many cases. However, using commands intelligently and knowledgeably depends on a good working familiarity with the basic file manipulating commands.

The number of command line commands in linux is massive. Since most commands, but not all, have a manual page that explains their usage, if one counts up the manual pages on a regular fully-featured system, the total often exceeds 6000. That's too many to remember for most people I guess :) , so what actually happens in practice is that people mostly remember the ones they use. The more one uses commands, the more one becomes familiar with them, the more useful they become.

That said, again, it should be noted that manual pages are often not the easiest way to learn about the usage of commands because they can be terse, use terms that are technical and can assume a knowledge that the less informed reader does not have. There are therefore, many other resources which have appeared in various forms that are more explanatory and approachable for newer users such as mentioned in earlier posts. The manual pages are however, the authoritative sources for information on the commands. As one becomes more acquainted with the system, they can become invaluable.

There are numerous ways of learning the command line, and lots depends on the individual's learning style, ability and needs. Learning from experience is a more current methodology than "rote memory learning".

This github page is a plentiful resource for command line knowledge:
github.com

GitHub - santosh373/Linux-Basics

Contribute to santosh373/Linux-Basics development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com github.com
The book by William Schotts referenced there is particularly informative at the introductory level and moving beyond as well.
 
The Terminal comes in very handy for doing many things and is so much better than windoze.
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I have several lists of Terminal commands written down that I've collected over time because I can't remember them all.

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Hi onguys

Like bob466 says, I keep an extensive list of Terminal commands as aliases. Aliases have helped me to extend my usage of the terminal and make it much more fun.

Vektor
 
Vektor said:
Like bob466 says, I keep an extensive list of Terminal commands as aliases. Aliases have helped me to extend my usage of the terminal and make it much more fun.
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Me too, I have a markdown file listing commands, there are currently 211 commonly used commands, those I had to use or did learn about since my switch to Linux.

It's impossible to keep them all in your head so create a file and note them down.
 
I found Youtube to be a great source of info ... well, for basically a lot, but also Linux command line.
 
onguys said:
Does anyone know of any more current lists like that that I can either watch or read? Very Much Appreciate Everyone's Patience with the newbies like myself; I am Grateful beyond words for your sage advice and reassurance. The more comfortable I get with this, the less I feel like I shot myself in the foot making the switch to Linux.
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You may find this page of interest also.

Home | Linux Journey

linuxjourney.com linuxjourney.com
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Condobloke said:
Well done. it is good to see that you are on a good distro (faye, lmde6) and that you are taking steps to satisfy your curiosity, which in turn makes you far more comfortable with what you have done by moving to Linux.

Question...do you have Timeshift set up?...I note that you are worried that you may burn your new system to the ground....and I can assure you that a great number of members here have done exactly that...myself included......you won't be the first and most definitely won't be the last.
Timeshift will save your soul, your sanity and your OS

When you need to know more, just mention it here.
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Thank You for the reassurance, I do have Timeshift enabled, maybe a bit excessively, but till I get comfortable I rather have to many backups than not enough. I have it set to backup at boot, once a week, and once a month. I'm glad to see that the backups only do what has changed in the system since the last backup and there are date and timestamps which are a huge help.
 
osprey said:
Some observations on the command line:

Lots of the basic terminal commands in linux predate the creation of linux. They were created for unix years before linux appeared, so the notion of "more current lists" of commands is probably an unnecessary limitation. The sorts of commands I'm referring to are the ones that create, copy, move, delete and manipulate files in various ways. These are usually the most used in the initial stages of learning the command line in the terminal and provide the base upon which other commands operate.

That said, over the years of the growth of linux, new commands have been developed, and older commands have been revised, improved and gained power in many cases. However, using commands intelligently and knowledgeably depends on a good working familiarity with the basic file manipulating commands.

The number of command line commands in linux is massive. Since most commands, but not all, have a manual page that explains their usage, if one counts up the manual pages on a regular fully-featured system, the total often exceeds 6000. That's too many to remember for most people I guess :) , so what actually happens in practice is that people mostly remember the ones they use. The more one uses commands, the more one becomes familiar with them, the more useful they become.

That said, again, it should be noted that manual pages are often not the easiest way to learn about the usage of commands because they can be terse, use terms that are technical and can assume a knowledge that the less informed reader does not have. There are therefore, many other resources which have appeared in various forms that are more explanatory and approachable for newer users such as mentioned in earlier posts. The manual pages are however, the authoritative sources for information on the commands. As one becomes more acquainted with the system, they can become invaluable.

There are numerous ways of learning the command line, and lots depends on the individual's learning style, ability and needs. Learning from experience is a more current methodology than "rote memory learning".

This github page is a plentiful resource for command line knowledge:
github.com

GitHub - santosh373/Linux-Basics

Contribute to santosh373/Linux-Basics development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com github.com
The book by William Schotts referenced there is particularly informative at the introductory level and moving beyond as well.
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Very Much Appreciated, Thank You!
 
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