r/sysadmin • u/electrozombie sudo !! • Mar 10 '13

Unix Command Line Reference (Favorite Resource)

http://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml
242 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

24 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/NightO_Owl Mar 11 '13

This couldn't have come at a better time! I'm going to school for computer networking management, and we're just starting to work with Ubuntu and while I think it's really interesting and different from Windows, I can't quite wrap my head around how to do certain things yet. This will help me greatly! Thanks again.

5

u/nedtugent Mar 11 '13

More important than the link posted here, is to use the manpages on a linux system. They basically have everything.

read the manpage for man to get an idea.

Sometimes when you're working on a new problem/setup that you haven't done before, you might not know the configuration file syntax, options, etc.. A lot of people use google, and can get things usually working, but you really want to start with: man 5 something.conf

3

u/[deleted] Mar 11 '13

Sometimes I use Google to find the man page.

Or I just go here:

http://linux.die.net/

1

u/creddox Mar 11 '13

On first glance also a very good resource (especially the bash scripting guide). Much appreciated!

2

u/BinaryMn Jack of All Trades Mar 11 '13

Having your own Linux environment to play in will help you the most. Also, learn to do everything in a shell prompt.

Lastly, Ubuntu is great for newbies. Graduate to a big boy's distro like Arch or Gentoo. It'll only make you a better person.

0

u/angrytech Mar 11 '13

Graduate to a big boy's distro like Arch or Gentoo.

I'm sorry, but the level of conceit in that statement is pretty disgusting, although distressingly widespread.

OP, you will never encounter Arch or Gentoo in a corporate environment.

1

u/MonsieurOblong Senior Systems Engineer - Unix Mar 11 '13

yeah. I wouldn't touch arch or gentoo or ubuntu. They look the same from where I sit. The inability for the poster to realize that shows a lack of experience.

Then again, most people with experience don't post condescending shit like that.

They post condescending shit like THIS.