From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 5 06:48:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA07773 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 06:48:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com ([207.219.2.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA07767 for ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 06:48:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mpoulin@honk.org) Received: from SW47 ([10.64.5.146]) by tekincisnts-4.teklogix.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id 4D64WSLJ; Mon, 5 Oct 1998 09:48:04 -0400 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19981005094804.0090aa30@spectre.honk.org> X-Sender: mpoulin@spectre.honk.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:48:04 -0400 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG From: Marty Poulin Subject: Re: First commands In-Reply-To: <19981005102413.55925@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:24 AM 10/5/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >Here we go, another survey... ... >OK, what are your picks for the most essential/useful commands for >a raw newbie? And what commands are screaming out for a simple example >of their use? Here's a starting list. What's missing? > I'd add tail and grep to the list (with a good explanation of what exactly grep does - I'm still not entirely sure) Also a very basic vi tutorial so that people can edit files. M. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message