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Re: Command line reference



Hodgins Family wrote:
> Good morning!
> 
> Quick, how many commands are there at the disposal of a CLI enthusiast?
> Every time some newbie asks how to do this that or something else, along
> comes a new command "that-was-always-there" but sort of "unknown". Now
> that's security through obscurity for you! This is not a rant....I love
> the number of commands in Linux and the control that they can give.
> 
> But I'd like to see, ideally in one place, ALL the Debian commands. Then
> instead of asking someone on the list (bless ya, guys and girls) how I
> can to XYZ via ABC given that LMN are doing a QRS, I could peruse this
> one place and then toddle off to the man pages (or google or whereever)
> to get the syntax and nitty-gritty.
>
> And then if all goes fubar I could ask for help :)
> 
> Is there such a site?
> 
> FWIW, googling "Debian command line reference" gave no hits. Googling
> "Linux command line reference" gave some 1160 inlcuding this one:
> http://mygamecompany.com/Linux/Commandline/linuxcommandline.htm, but how
> much is Debian?

Have you read the Debian Reference?  That's all shell-based.



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