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- From: css@tron.stx.com (Chris Shenton)
- Subject: UNIX/Shell/Tools reference card available?
- Message-ID: <CSS.92Nov13144827@tron.stx.com>
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- Organization: Hughes/STX, Lanham, MD
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 19:48:27 GMT
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- I'm trying to get a non-tech friend into UNIX, basically to read mail,
- create files, edit letters, the basic stuff. I've picked up the Emacs
- reference card (don't try and sell me `vi' :-) and was wondering if
- there was a similar thing for the other normal things.
-
- I was trying to come up with something off the top of my head, and
- came up with the following essential shell commands:
-
- pwd
- ls [-l] <pathname>
- cd [<pathname>]
- emacs [<pathname>]
- mail/Mail/xmail [<emailpath>]
- elm
- mv <oldpathname> <newpathname>
- rm <pathname>
- exit
-
- Now trying to explain what [<optional-argument>] and <symbol> syntax
- was supposed to mean was real fun.
-
- Is there anything out there which would be like a 1-5 page reference
- card, hopefully with simple explanations of the unix filesystem's tree
- structure, pathnames, etc?
-
- Thanks!
-
-
- PS: and how do you explain to someone that when they hit `e' in one of
- the mailreaders, that all they have to do to get out is type
-
- <ESC>:q!
-
-