Re: Command line reference

2005-10-12 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hodgins Family wrote: Good afternoon! http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/ Thanks for this link. Do you know how many of these commands are Debian-specific? None H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Re: Command line reference

2005-10-11 Thread Hodgins Family
Good morning! Perhaps you'd like this: Debian GNU/Linux Reference Card The 101 most important things when using Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~debacle/refcard/ Thanks, Ralph! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAI

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Jeff Stevens
The suggestions provided by others already are great and I don't mean to beat a dead horse. If you really want a straight up list for *your* system, just `ls' /sbin, /bin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/bin. Then you can pop open man as something in the list interests you. Secondly, as has been mentioned a

Re: Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Ralph Katz
> What I'm looking for is a site that simply lists the Debian commands > that are available. Rather like those old hideous DOS cheatsheets > that used to be around in the early '90s. As others have suggested, the commands depend on the packages installed. Perhaps you'd like this: Debian GNU/Linu

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
If you know what do you want to do, and think is programable, then I think your best bet is google for it, or ask on list. In many ways, one of the many purposes of the lists is to act as a very basic low-level interpreter between a user and the computer. Too much, maybe. I think that li

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Monday 10 October 2005 05:13 pm, Hodgins Family wrote: > Good afternoon! > > > Easy, on my system there are 3312 (YMMV), just hit tab twice from the CLI > > > > :) > > > > $ > > Display all 3312 possibilities? (y or n) > > OK. That's good. That's a start. And yes, my mileage may vary. It is > un

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Paul E Condon
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:54:18PM -0600, Hodgins Family wrote: > Good afternoon! > > >http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/ > > Thanks for this link. Do you know how many of these commands are > Debian-specific? > I'm coming in late on this thread so please excuse me if this has alrea

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread John Hasler
Rob writes: > You are correct. However, to search the man pages means that you already > know the command to start with. man apropos -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Alan Ezust
> You are correct. However, to search the man pages means that you already > know the command to start with. What I'd like to do is to be able to say > something like this "Hey, why is my drive/sound card/video card doing > this?", then find a site that lists the commands that are drive-/sound > ca

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hodgins Family
Good afternoon! Have you read the Debian Reference? That's all shell-based. It can be found here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html#contents The document at this site has lots of useful info that I'm not (immediately) interested in. I have bokmarked it, though

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hodgins Family
Good afternoon! http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/commands/ Thanks for this link. Do you know how many of these commands are Debian-specific? Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hodgins Family
Good afternoon! Any unix, linux book will give you a good hint on posibilities. Many linux books have discussions of rpm related stuff, fewer discuss apt..just to pick on two obvious distinctions. Right now, I'm a Debian guy. I'm studying Debian Linux. For now, I'm only interested in Debian

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hodgins Family
Good afternoon! Easy, on my system there are 3312 (YMMV), just hit tab twice from the CLI :) $ Display all 3312 possibilities? (y or n) OK. That's good. That's a start. And yes, my mileage may vary. It is unlikely that I will have 3312 commands available on my system. That will depend on w

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Olive
Hodgins Family wrote: Good morning! Quick, how many commands are there at the disposal of a CLI enthusiast? Every time some newbie asks how to do this that or something else, along comes a new command "that-was-always-there" but sort of "unknown". Now that's security through obscurity for you

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hodgins Family wrote: Good morning! Quick, how many commands are there at the disposal of a CLI enthusiast? Every time some newbie asks how to do this that or something else, along comes a new command "that-was-always-there" but sort of "unknown". Now that's security through obscurity for you

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread garaged
Any unix, linux book will give you a good hint on posibilities. If you need a comprehensive list of manuals, man pages is the closest one, i think If you know what do you want to do, and think is programable, then I think your best bet is google for it, or ask on list. There's a huge, in the tho

Re: Command line reference

2005-10-10 Thread Anthony Tekatch
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:35:25 -0600, "Hodgins Family" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quick, how many commands are there at the disposal of a CLI enthusiast? Easy, on my system there are 3312 (YMMV), just hit tab twice from the CLI :) $ Display all 3312 possibilities? (y or n) Cheers, Anthony