Linux for the Layman: the Joy of Computing.
by Mark Richter
Latest episode
Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners
Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners
About this podcast
Enjoy using your computer easily, securely and for less money. You can achieve this goal with free, open-source software (FOSS), like Linux. Anyone can learn to use FOSS and Linux. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Questions and constructive feedback are always welcome. Here's to your joy with computing!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 43 episodes
- Episode 47 - Starting Out Commands for beginners · 17 minI cover some of the most basic Linux commands a new user is likely to want to learn and play with. This includes pwd, cd, ls, echo, cat, cp, mv, rm, and touch. We're just…
- Episode 46 - cd and select aliases · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 46We go through the 'cd' command, its options, and some useful aliases. We also cover some of the "universal" options for most Linux commands.
- Episode 45: which and tldr · 10 minDiscussion of the 'which' and 'tlrd' commands. Thank you for the comments.
- Episode 44: I'm back, and 'grep' · 9 minYou get to find out why I've been absent for so long. Also, we'll take a mild dive into the grep command. Cheers!
- Episode 41 - Virtual Machines, CLI Functions, tldr · 33 minWhat Virtual Machines are good for (evaluating Linux distros) and which ones to use. An example of how and why to use a Bash function. Overview of manual pages and the tldr…
- Episode 40 - Bash Aliases vs. Functions · 21 minWhat is an alias? How to create them. What is a function? How to create them. Some miscellany along the way... :-)
- Episode 39 - Command Line Pipes and other useful info · 20 minWe will go through a detailed example of how to string commands together on the command line using pipes.
- Episode 37 - Linux File System Paths, Mount Points and Links · 27 minI also briefly touch on shell variables - more in the next episode coming soon I hope...
- Episode 34: Bash shortcuts · 22 minToday I cover the idea of bash shortcuts, including scripts, aliases and functions. I also go over a couple of short answers to listener questiosn and praise for ffmpeg.
- E[isode 33 - More on shell variables and tab completion · 15 minIn this episode we cover more on how to ues the tab key for command and variable name completion; we also cover some accounting information.
- Episode 32 - Shell Variables - Basics · 21 minThis episode covers some of the basics about Linux Shell variables.
- Episode 31 - Command Line, Windows and Shell Functions continued · 26 minFeel free to let me know if you like this, if you have questions, even if you hated it - I'm hre to serve you. [email protected]
- Episode 30 - Bash Shell Functions and why · 18 minAll mentions of the word "bracket" or "brackets" should be read/heard as "brace" and "braces" - these { } instead of these [ ]. My goof, correction at the end of the episode.
- Brief Message of Thanksgiving · 2 minI am grateful to all my listeners, contributors, questioners and feedback-senders. More to come soon...
- Episode 29 - More on the Command Line - Options · 20 minMore information about command line options, and also help/man pages.
