Re: horse at the gate

2003-06-02 Thread Sharninder Singh-662
> > Are there any basic text based tools, like old DOS file managers, for > navigation or inspection? (I'm trying not to think like DOS, but it's > my native language and I'd like to start without any graphical interface.) mc is the app u r looking for. > > When wandering around how can I disti

Re: horse at the gate

2003-06-01 Thread Mike M
On Friday 30 May 2003 20:16, Mark Roach wrote: > then run "file filename" for detailed info. for simpler things, try 'ls > --color' this will hilight normal files/directories/executables > differently to keep from having to type this every time, you can do > > alias ls='ls --color' > > you can also

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 18:05, wa dea wrote: > hi, > > I hope this is not OT; I've lurked for a bit and this looks like the place > to be. > > I've been playing with Debian for the last few weeks and was looking for > some help getting started. > > I come from a M$ backgound with a total *nix exp

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:02:49AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > I know KDE's file browser knows how to figure it out, but I'm not sure > what it is using to do so. would make sense to use /etc/magic but i bet it doesnt. -- Hugh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:05:53PM -0400, wa dea wrote: > Are there any basic text based tools, like old DOS file managers, for > navigation or inspection? (I'm trying not to think like DOS, but it's > my native language and I'd like to start without

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 11:19:39PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote: > On Fri, 30 May 2003 20:59:33 -0400 > Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >A rather decent generl purpose one (with a Debian slant even) is the > > >"Linux Cookbook": > > > > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Fri, 30 May 2003 20:59:33 -0400 Lou Losee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >A rather decent generl purpose one (with a Debian slant even) is the > >"Linux Cookbook": > > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=30712288&loc=106 > > http://www.nostarch.com/lcbk.htm > > > This is a good rec

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Kevin Ruml
This should do the trick (and then some ;-) ): http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html Have fun! Don't look back. Kevin -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? __ D

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 21:00, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 21:24, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:05:58PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > > "info" is the new, "preferred" documentation reader. > > > > Only if you believe what the GNU Project tells you. :) This is a go

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 21:24, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:05:58PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > "info" is the new, "preferred" documentation reader. > > Only if you believe what the GNU Project tells you. :) This is a good > idea some of the time but not universally ... > > --

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:05:58PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > "info" is the new, "preferred" documentation reader. Only if you believe what the GNU Project tells you. :) This is a good idea some of the time but not universally ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Lou Losee
Jamin W. Collins wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:16:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: What sort of reference are you looking for, general command line tools? Something else? Not sure what you mean here, but if you give some more info I'm sure plenty of folks here have their favorite references

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Jamin W. Collins
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 07:16:34PM -0500, Mark Roach wrote: > What sort of reference are you looking for, general command line > tools? Something else? Not sure what you mean here, but if you give > some more info I'm sure plenty of folks here have their favorite > references :-) A rather decent

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 17:45, Mike Maki wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "wa dea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:05 PM > Subject: horse at the gate > > > snip > > > > Are there any basic text based tools, like old DOS file managers, for >

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Mark Roach
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 06:05:53PM -0400, wa dea wrote: > When wandering around how can I distinguish filetypes? Is there a good > reference? apt-get install file then run "file filename" for detailed info. for simpler things, try 'ls --color' this will hilight normal files/directories/executa

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Kent West
wa dea wrote: hi, I hope this is not OT; I've lurked for a bit and this looks like the place to be. This is the place. I've been playing with Debian for the last few weeks and was looking for some help getting started. I come from a M$ backgound with a total *nix experience as a "Well" user som

Re: horse at the gate

2003-05-31 Thread Mike Maki
- Original Message - From: "wa dea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: horse at the gate snip > > Are there any basic text based tools, like old DOS file managers, for > navigation or inspection? (I'm trying not to think like DOS, bu