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I believe in good repetition. But what is good repetition? Nano on a dot file 5 times? For the command line it should involve commands that will save people tim
by cwt 11y ago
I believe in good repetition. But what is good repetition? Nano on a dot file 5 times? For the command line it should involve commands that will save people time. Teach them:
1. how to use find and grep, and other commonly used commands.
2. introducing them to vi and explaining why people use it (instead of nano)
3. user configuration with a brief on the FS structure (what is in etc, usr, opt, etc...)
4. lastly, but most importantly, how powerful and dangerous the unix command line is. Why you should learn shell scripting. And getting started with shell scripting.
To me, that list would go from beginner to intermediate++
- JoachimS 11y agoSorry, but your second item, using vi has nothing really to do with learning the command line. You just prefer vi as editor and didn't like them choosing nano. Quite a few don't use Vi but use the command line. Don't turn this into a discussion about why Vi is the better editor.
- bphogan 11y agoYou do it as many times as it takes to become muscle memory. That's a lot of times for some people. I suspect many on this thread have forgotten what it was like the first time they did command line stuff. I teach this stuff in a classroom setting twice a yeaer. This repetition is sorely needed.