install fest suggestion

[Derek Neighbors]

Sigh I accidently hit send before I pasted this link...


http://www.quickreferences.yucom.be/quickrefs.htm

which has the bash quick ref....

-Derek
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, der.hans wrote:

> Am 13. Jun, 2002 schwätzte Matt Wyant so:
> 
> > Something I wish I had when I was beginning (and still do for that
> > matter) is a quick-reference of shell commands. Granted, this isn't
> > something the "average computer user" might want, but I think an
> > "average Linux user" would find this very helpful. This could even be
> > something printable from the website. I think it should contain the
> > basic commands and their uses, (ls, cd, mkdir, rm, rmdir, cat, echo,
> > etc..., I'm sure there are some I'm leaving out in my own
> > inexperience), a list of customizable files (bash prompts & profiles,
> > fstab, etc) and possibly (no religious wars here) a quick startup
> > guide to a text-editor. I personally just figured out how to save and
> > exit vi, and don't ask me to quit without saving. This may be over
> > the head of some users as I an a Linux newbie, but not technically
> > inexperienced.
> 
> Excellent idea. There are small 3 page laminated guides you can pick up at
> bookstores. Borders has them. They're $5 - 10, I think. Maybe Borders would
> donate some for the InstallFest?
> 
> A LUG used to have a quick sheet you could print out. It might be somewhere
> at the LDP. If we can find it, it might be good to have copies at the
> InstallFest for people to take home with them.
> 
> I sure could have used that years ago when I was first learning *NIX. I did
> use one I got for vi when I first started using vi.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
>