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I'm newbie on Linux/Ubuntu, I want to learn more command on this. Where can I find site that show commands in windows and compare to Linux/Ubuntu commands. Example: Dir (windows) = ls (Linux/Ubuntu)
I'm newbie on Linux/Ubuntu, I want to learn more command on this. Where can I find site that show commands in windows and compare to Linux/Ubuntu commands. Example: Dir (windows) = ls (Linux/Ubuntu)
I can only suggest to have a completely different approach when starting to learn command line tools: free your mind from every windows stuff and try to learn linux from its very basics. I think this approach is more funny and brings to more satisfaction as far as things become clear on a pure Linux perspective.
A good place to look for documentation is http://www.tldp.org. Check the "Guides" and in particular "GNU/Linux Command-Line Tools Summary" and "Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide". Don't forget to check also the official documentation of Ubuntu to learn what are its specific features and philosophy. Enjoy!
One really neat trick is "man -k keyword". E.g: to find commands relating to files: "man -k file"
Assume,
$ apropos whatever
is the same thing. But easier to remember IMHO.
What it does is search the titles of man pages for the word 'whatever'.
I use it all the time. (Not stricktly on topic, perhaps, but ctrl-r does a reverse history search and is also unbelievably useful, for example ctrl+r up might yeild 'updatedb', hitting ctrl-r again another comand with up in it....)
Last edited by lugoteehalt; 08-18-2007 at 05:32 AM.
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