aru Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 bradenm Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 69 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Posted: Wed May 01, 2002 7:42 pm Post subject: (newbie) Console HOWTO _________________________________________________________________ Console HOWTO: by bradenm (a work in progress, please comment) Linux revolves around the command line. There are many, many graphical tools, but they are (almost) all just interfaces to the command line. To follow this HOWTO, launch a terminal: Menu > Terminals > Shell Prompt When you are logged in, you will see something like [braden@macdonald braden]$ Here is a breakdown of what this says: [braden@macdonald braden]$ : Your user name. [braden@macdonald braden]$ : The hostname (friendly name) of the computer. [braden@macdonald braden]$ : The name of the directory you are currently in. type pwd for the full path. Changing Directory To change directory, use the cd command. Examples: To change to your home (the main directory for your user) directory: cd or cd $HOME or cd ~ (~ is automattically tranlated into/home/yourname/) To change any directory: cd /foo/blah/stuff/ To change to a directory relative to the current directory: cd music/ Listing files To list the files in the current directory, type ls (LiSt). To list the files with more details: ls -l nota bene: (Latin for note well) In Linux/UNIX all files/directories/commands are treated as case-senitive. Typing LS is different than typing ls. History Bash (the shell, the program that runs the command line) has extensive history capabilities. To see the last command you did, press [uP ARROW]. Pressing it again will view the command before that, and so on. [DOWN ARROW] is the reverse. Typing !ech will execute the last command that you did starting with "ech". (like echo Hi) Your history is stored in the file called .bash_history in your home directory. Piping To send the output of one command as the input of another, use the | operator. (Above the backslash on your keyboard.) Example: cat ~/.bash_history|grep -e echo Will list all commands you've ever entered containing the word "echo" CTRL-x presing CTRL-key will do different things: CTRL-D: logout. Same as typing exit CTRL-S: turns on "keyboard delay". Anything that you type will be stored until your press CTRL-Q Example: Press CTRL-S. Type echo hello [ENTER]Press CTRL-Q. pineault Frequent user Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 32 Location: Montreal, Québec Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 2:39 pm Post subject: stupid question about command line display _________________________________________________________________ I would like to know how to control the display in a bash console window, ie when using top or ls how to control the display process so as to work in a page mode and thus be able to scroll through the posted content instead of having just the last lines displayed. bradenm Frequent user Joined: 01 May 2002 Posts: 69 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 3:28 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ top|more for the output of a command like top or more filename for the contents of a file Also, you can just type top, then use shift+pageUp and shift+pageDn to scroll through the output. cannonfodder Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 1056 Location: Rochester, NY, USA Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 4:43 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ So basically more README.txt (hit spacebar to scroll) cat REAMDE.txt | more (same, output gets piped to more program) less README.txt (scroll up/down whatever, hit q to quit) cat README.txt | less pineault Frequent user Joined: 09 May 2002 Posts: 32 Location: Montreal, Québec Posted: Tue May 14, 2002 6:16 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ thanks pokestix Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 3 Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:05 pm Post subject: command prompt to gui _________________________________________________________________ i just installed and it is booting straight to the command prompt. how do i get to the gui? i'm sure this is a really stupid question, but i'm a stupid newb and i couldn't find the answer to this. thanks a bunch. neil spiedra Senior user Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 686 Location: Orlando, FL Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:18 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ At the command prompt, login and type: startx pokestix Newbie Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 3 Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 10:06 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ so simple, but so helpful...thanks a ton man! spiedra Senior user Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 686 Location: Orlando, FL Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 11:02 pm Post subject: _________________________________________________________________ No problem Smile Editor's note: This thread was originally posted at the old MUB (Mandrake User Board at club-nihil). 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