Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 16:56:43 -0700 From: Randy Pratt <rpratt@azstarnet.com> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: First commands Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981005165643.007b56d0@pop.azstarnet.com> In-Reply-To: <19981005102413.55925@welearn.com.au>
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At 10:24 AM 10/5/98 +1000, Sue Blake wrote: >Next month I'll be putting something together to help unix-newbies >deal with the horror of their first FreeBSD prompt :-) I'm new to the list as well as FreeBSD. Seeing that first prompt (Friday, February 27, 1998, at 2:04 PM MST) was as much of a thrill as hearing the first radio station on a crystal radio I built fourty years ago. Of course, I didn't know what to do next or the knowledge to fully understand what the man pages were telling me. Greg Lehey's book kept me moving in the right directions and a unix/shell basics book was certainly handy. I'm sure I spent more time reading than anything else. The original list posted has most of the shell commands I used in the first couple of weeks to get my system running with X and few applications. The additional ones I used that have been mentioned already were: mount umount shutdown tar fsck I needed to make a few symbolic links, so perhaps include: ln I used vi as a text editor but any would serve the purpose for making changes to configuration files. Randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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