What you got is a bash-shell, you can type all kinds of commands here, I've made you a list with commands you should check out:
man - if you type man <command> you get all kinds of information about that command (what it does, how it does it etc.) ls - similar to dir in dos (try the l and a options, ls -al) cd - browse through directorys cat - similar to type in dos, shows the content of a file less - this will allow to scroll to data if the screen is 'too small', powerfull in combination with a | (eg cat <file> | less) grep - search in files for a certain word / letter etc. locate - find a file on your system find - similar to locate, only slower, but finds more (except with a real recent db) date - shows date and time lynx - a simple textbased webbrowser vi - difficult editor, but it's an editor you can find on any unix flavor so you should try and learn to work with it (you don't have to like it, just know howto, you'll need it sooner or later) elm - a simple mail reading sending program that uses vi pine - pine is not elm, another mailprogram, I like it better, but you''ll have to compile make - compile source code (you'll need at least gcc) modprobe - insert modules (eg a driver) into your kernel lsmod - show modules dselect - install packages apt-get - install packages (different front-end, sometimes better, sometimes not, really good when upgrading or installing packages of what you know the name). I guess this 'll give you something to enjoy yourself with! Ron Rademaker On Thu, 18 May 2000, Brian Hazelwood wrote: > Good Morning, > > I new to Linux and intalling debian 2.1 for the first time. I have not had > any problems untill this point. After I am prompted for my "debian login" > and password, I recieve the date, time and copywrite info. However after > this I recieve a line "debian:~#" with the curser waiting for a reply. I > have typed in numerous characters and numbers to no avail. > > Is this a licence #? What should I do from here? > > Please Help! > > Brian Hazelwood > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
