[arachne] Re: D*** BasicLinux

On 12/23/06, ewalt@xxxxxxxx <ewalt@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


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Which ones, Frank? There are ***thousands **** of commands available to
the Linux user.



Are there really thousands of linux commands?  Seems a bit high.  Anyway, I
was talking about commands that have been ported to dos.  Google and get a
feel.  This sight of 40 seems like a reasonable start.  It seems to have the
bulk of what people commonly think of when they think unix commands.  I
think sed, awk, and sort would be a welcome addition to any .bat file
maker.

I highly recommend seeking out a unix command tutorial.  There are tons
online.

Which shell? Which variants?


Shell as in, "*nix shell" isn't relevant, yet.  Just keep using the dos
shell you've been using.  The idea here being to introduce *nix slowly in
the environment you already use.  If, at a later time, you want to dive
deeper, go for a *nix shell for dos.

Remember, I'm giving this advice to someone already expressing frustrating
at trying to use a linux distro.

Lots of Linux commands

aren't pertinent in DOS.



I'd bet most of those haven't been ported :)

However, there are those who port just for the port of it.

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