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Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users: Start Your Journey into Free and Open Source Software
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Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users: Start Your Journey into Free and Open Source Software

by Nathan Haines
December 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
291 pages
7h 38m
English
Apress
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N. HainesBeginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8972-3_5

5. Command-Line Tricks and Applications

Nathan Haines1  
(1)
Lake Forest, CA, USA
 

At last we come to the command line! That most powerful and often feared topic of all new Linux users. Fairly or unfairly, the command line has a reputation for being arcane and difficult to use. And it is a half-truth: a lot of arcane utilities have stuck around—and indeed, any Unix or Linux guru can perform magic inside a terminal window. But the other half of this truth is that the most common commands are simple and easy to use, and the command line is therefore both powerful ...

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