<p>> > The Linux Documentation Project (<a href="http://tldp.org/">http://tldp.org/</a>) has lots of<br>
> > material on how to use Linux. For general intro to the command<br>
> > line:<br>
> ><br>
> > Bash Guide for Beginners<br>
> > <a href="http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html">http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/index.html</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Index of potentially useful material:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/os.html">http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/os.html</a><br></p>
<p>Thanks James, some more reading to do whilst at work. :-) <br></p>
<p>> If anybody tells you to run a command that contains the 'rm' command,<br>
> think carefully about what you're doing, especially if it starts with<br>
> 'sudo'. rm deletes files. sudo enables global admin rights. Add them<br>
> together and do it wrong, or run a malicious command somebody gave you<br>
> and you will trash your system.</p>
<p>This is partially why I want to have an understanding (at the very least), of what i'm doing in (on?) the command line.</p>
<p>> Somebody else asked this kind of question back in January, so here is<br>
> my response:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/wolves/2012-January/029377.html">http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/wolves/2012-January/029377.html</a></p>
<p>This is where I got the floss manuals link from. </p>
<p>> I found the best way to learn the command line is to have a particular<br>
> project in mind while doing it, ie build a mail server, build a web<br>
> server etc. Some of the links in my post from January are almost<br>
> literally full of how to build a mail/web/DNS/something else kind of<br>
> server documents, so maybe start out that way.</p>
<p>I might have a go at setting up a file server with an old PC I have lying around and see how things go.</p>
<p>is there a way to search the mailing list archives, or do you have to go through each month in turn??</p>
<p>Anyway, thanks for the info and no doubt there will be some questions shortly.. :-) </p>