richbradshaw.wordpress.com — For the uninitiated, bash is the default shell in many Linux distros, including Fedora, Ubuntu, Redhat etc etc. If you use a Linux based OS, then chances are that you are using bash. For this reason, I outline a few common annoyances, and the simple ways to overcome them.
Nov 25, 2007 View in Crawl 4
bassjunkieNov 26, 2007
If the command line is so "awkward" explain how it can magically install a ton of programs from a single line? The only limit is usually myself as I try to remember all the apps I want to get installed, usually around 10-15 for a fresh install and it deals with the dependencies to! Got more then one app to install on windows, guess you'll have to sit there swapping CD's over or implement some sort of SMS system!Linux does plenty of "useful" things practically from the start (like work without needing to download countless drivers!). Most everyday tasks that you need to perform can be done via the GUI but once you start learning small bits of bash and use the CLI it becomes second nature to launch a terminal for certain tasks, since switching to linux and especially since installing an Ubuntu base system without a GUI I have found myself using the CLI for more and more everyday tasks such as file copying, especially when you can get some excellent file managers such as Midnight Commander that run in a terminal window but have more of a GUI like interface (in fact some new GUI file managers still use the 2 pane Midnight Commander interface to great success)
thomaschaafNov 26, 2007
Powershell!
tech42erNov 28, 2007
It's not necessary to use the commandline, but the commandline is faster and much more powerful than the GUI.
qwuincDec 1, 2007
Neat, I use pushd/popd sometimes, but never learned that one :-)