The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide

The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide

The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide gives users new to Linux an introduction to the command line environment.<br /><br />In the Guide, you'll learn how to:<br /><br />-Copy, move, and delete files and directories.<br /><br />-Create, delete, and manage users.<br /><br />-Create, delete, and manage groups.<br /><br />-Use virtual terminals.<br /><br />-Use the bash shell.<br /><br />-Safely use the root account with su and sudo.<br /><br />-Change permissions and ownership of files and directories.<br /><br />-Create and edit text files from the command line, without using a graphical editor.<br /><br />-Diagnose network connectivity problems.<br /><br />-And many other topics. <br /><br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR<br /><br />Standing over six feet tall, Jonathan Moeller has the piercing blue eyes of a Conan of Cimmeria, the bronze-colored hair a Visigothic warrior-king, and the stern visage of a captain of men, none of which are useful in his career as a computer repairman, alas.<br /><br />He has written the "Demonsouled" trilogy of sword-and-sorcery novels, and continues to write the "Ghosts" sequence about assassin and spy Caina Amalas, the "Computer Beginner's Guide" series of computer books, and numerous other works.