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You learn it a little at a time as you need it. man pages are great. Did you know that there are different man pages? `man 3’ for example, are the programming
by vonwoodson 6y ago
You learn it a little at a time as you need it.
man pages are great. Did you know that there are different man pages? `man 3’ for example, are the programming man pages, mostly documenting the C libraries.
There’s also the `info’ pages (or pinfo if you like vi key bindings). And `apropos’ to help you find help.
Anyway, you don’t learn it before you start using it. The more you use the command line, the more you’ll find out that what you’re trying to do is easier or more scriptable there (with personal exceptions, like, I use a GUI file manager). You learn it as you need it.
- OJFord 6y agoMaybe I should have been more specific - I'm pretty comfortable on the command line, I use Arch, i3wm, pretty few GUIs. I just feel there's a lot I don't know still, and is like to pick some more up preemptively rather than waiting until I need it and somehow guessing it does exist, or asking the right question to discover them as an answer. Man pages are great when I want to know how to use something specific. I'm asking more for a textbook I can read cover to cover, and discover things I didn't know much or anything about, or hadn't thought to use.
- mlvljr 6y agoTLPI or APUI might be the books you are looking for.