Command Line Beginner's Guide

The Linux Command Line Beginner's Guide gives users new to Linux an introduction to the command line environment.

In the Guide, you'll learn how to:

-Copy, move, and delete files and directories.

-Create, delete, and manage users.

-Create, delete, and manage groups.

-Use virtual terminals.

-Use the bash shell.

-Safely use the root account with su and sudo.

-Change permissions and ownership of files and directories.

-Create and edit text files from the command line, without using a graphical editor.

-Diagnose network connectivity problems.

-And many other topics.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Standing over six feet tall, Jonathan Moeller has the piercing blue eyes of a Conan of Cimmeria, the bronze-colored hair a Visigothic warrior-king, and the stern visage of a captain of men, none of which are useful in his career as a computer repairman, alas.

He has written the "Demonsouled" trilogy of sword-and-sorcery novels, and continues to write the "Ghosts" sequence about assassin and spy Caina Amalas, the "Computer Beginner's Guide" series of computer books, and numerous other works.