Summary
Don't have to know all this to use the command line! Pick some basics and go; learn more over time.
Main points:
Flexibility, saving time, ease of use (yes!)
A shell makes the command line
History substitutions
re-use previous command lines
String expansion
builds arguments
Command substitution
uses output of one command as arguments to another
Using Perl/etc. from the Command Line
Shell Variables, Loops
UNIX Filters and Pipes
: building blocks
Shell Scripts, Aliases, Functions
: abbreviate command lines
MH
does email UNIX-style
Plenty of places for GUIs, just not
every
place
Slides are online at
https://www.jpeek.com/talks/svlug_19991103/
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