Although not as deep as Zed's books/tutoriuals. I have created several screencasts about the topic. Basically, I show you what a UNIX-like filesystem looks like

Although not as deep as Zed's books/tutoriuals. I have created several screencasts about the topic. Basically, I show you what a UNIX-like filesystem looks like, some common commands, and then show you man pages by example. This should be enough to get someone going and teach them how to learn for themselves. Crash Course on Common Commands @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-commands http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/13-crash-course-on-common-... Crash Course on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-filesystem-hierarchy-standard http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/12-crash-course-on-the-fil... Crash Course on Man Pages @ http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/19-crash-course-on-man-pages http://sysadmincasts.com/episodes/19-crash-course-on-man-pag... ps. there are many great HN threads about UNIX commands, here are just a few: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6360320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6046682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5022457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4985393