[klug] Help Please!

[Mark Robinson]

Terry Bicknell wrote:
> Good Day Everyone,
> I have just set up a dedicated machine  with  Linux and need some 
> expert  guidance in its use mainly in familiarisation with commands in 
> general use - tips and hints from experience really.
> 
> I live in the Kapiti area and will be pleased to pay for any service 
> time if there are any takers out there that is.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing back

Hi Terry,

some basic commandline commands:

         ls              lists files in current directory
         ls -al          all files, long format
         cd dir          change working directory to dir
         cd /            change to root directory
         cd              change to home directory
	pwd		print working directory
         mkdir           make directory
         su              change user (to root (cf. administrator) by default)
         find / -iname "*bugs*"
                         find all files on the machine whose names contain bugs
                         in upper or lower case
         man command     show documentation for command
         top             gives a refreshing display of running tasks
	ps		gives a list of your running tasks
	ps auxf		list of running tasks with more detail

There are lots of basic editors. I use joe because I grew up using Wordstar 
style editors. nano may suit you better. Elite programmers have wars over which 
is better between vi and emacs but they'll probably just mess with your head, 
they certainly mess with mine.

That's probably enough for now.

Do you have the thing running ok ?

Any specific questions ?

Which distribution have you installed ?

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cheers
Mark Robinson
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