A good site to learn console commands

Chijtska · 02-01-2002, 09:24 AM

sorry jeremy... i didnt give enough facts.... i am looking for a way similar to windows' Find on the start menu for linux from the command line...

say if i wanted a way to find a certain file or program path... how would i do it?

jeremy · 02-01-2002, 10:01 AM

If you are using a shell with tab completion just type the first letter of a command and then hit tab twice (ie. hitting a then <tab><tab> will give you a list of all the commands in your path that start with a).

--jeremy

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 11:12 AM

konq is actually

kfmclient openProfile filemanagement

then you can browse all the commands man pages

Chijtska · 02-01-2002, 11:35 AM

this is what happened... when i gave that a whirl:

QGDict::hashAsciiKey: Invalid null key
KCrash: crashing.... crashRecursionCounter = 2
KCrash: Application Name = kfmclient path = <unknown> pid = 2891
kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children.
kdeinit: Exit.

what happened?

thanks for the help

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 12:44 PM

It is part of kde so you need to be using a window manager that supports konqueror

there is something like it in gnome too.

Chijtska · 02-01-2002, 12:52 PM

my bad

you are right... iwas using gnome at the time (just wanted to see how it compares to kde)

thanks

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 02:30 PM

in gnome open start here

and click on help

then there is a list in the folder bar on the left with all the commands in it

badsvt351 · 02-01-2002, 04:58 PM

Thanks David Phillips,

The man:/ is a very good source for commands. I've also been looking for a good reference for commands.

Chijtska
Open The Konqueror Web Browser (if your using KDE) and type in the address bar "man:/" without the quotes and hit enter.

Now its time to some heavy

-Keith

Chijtska · 02-01-2002, 07:17 PM

thanks for the help...

this is most excellent! one question... what does verbose mean?

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 07:30 PM

A lot of programs have the option to generate verbose output, meaning you get a more descriptive output.
some of them will accept more v 's for more detailed output

like -vvv

would be insanely verbose

Thymox · 02-01-2002, 07:32 PM

It means that it will give you much more information than it would normally. It comes from the Latin 'verb...um?' meaning Word.

Verbose = wordy
Verbatim = exactly the same words
Verbal = of the word... ie verbal diahhroea means to talk to much

DavidPhillips · 02-01-2002, 07:40 PM

well that was a bit verbose, but pretty much sums it all up

Ahmad · 02-02-2002, 03:53 AM

Try this site:
http://www.linuxcommand.org/
It is very informative.

Chijtska · 02-02-2002, 09:31 PM

thank you very much for the link... that is a great site for any newbie wanting to learn the command line... everybody if your are reading this check out the site!