How did _I_ learn the command line? By doing. Some reading, sure, but .. more doing than thinking. Like this; I was a brand-new programmer (COBOL). The Mar

How did _I_ learn the command line? By doing. Some reading, sure, but .. more doing than thinking. Like this; I was a brand-new programmer (COBOL). The Marines assigned me to a billet in the LAN team at my new command. A corporal wrote down exactly what to type on the computer after the NIC was installed. After that, I was off and running.