I already have RunningLinux so don't look to hard! On Monday 10 February 2003 12:38 pm, Jim wrote: > On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 15:59, Michael Havens wrote: > > Jim, > > I was wondering if you knew of a book that teaches command line comma= nds > > only. You know all the questions that I've been asking (like the PDA > > issue) have been solved using the command line; well I would like to = know > > how to do it on my own w/o bugging everybody else. Anyone who know's = the > > answer to this question, please chime in! > > I have a copy of Dr. Linux for you, Michael. It is basically a printed > version of all the hot-to's. Its a little dated, but should help. > > > What I was thinking was that I should learn the command line commands > > first and then build on that with learning individual applications li= ke > > Apache or Perl, Awk, and other books I have seen in Bookman's. > > If you are an old GUI user (i.e. Windows, you can find ways to do run > most applications from KDE or Gnome. Some things, like compiling > source, backing up partitions, ets, are best done from the command line > if (AND ONLY IF) you understand what you want to do, what the command > does, and have a good foundation in Linus basics. > > > -- > > > > :-)~Mike~(-: > > > > ps If one of you has a text book that was beneficial to your learning= of > > the command line can I have it? > > I am checking to see if I have an extra copy of Running Linux. It > contains all the command line commands, with all of their options, and > some examples of how to use some of the commands. Again, this is a > "make sure you know what you want to do" books. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 :-)~Mike~(-: