Nocturnal Slacker v1.0Back in the old days, when Timmy wanted to visit granny’s house, all he had to do was have Lassie lead him there. In today’s more complicated computer world, it takes a bit more understanding. We’re going to learn a bit about a very important subject in Linux. It’s called PATH. The path to a [...]
Before we get ahead of ourselves, it would probably be a good idea to go over some BASH basics. Let’s start at the beginning, OK? The Bourne Shell was born at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories a while back. It was birthed by Steve Bourne, hence the name. The Bourne Again Shell (bash) is a direct descendent [...]
OK, let’s continue on with our lessons about the Linux Shell and the command line. Today, we’re going to learn how to write a script that you can run from the command line that will actually do stuff. It’s a very simple script, so don’t expect anything spectacular. I was wondering what I could use [...]
In the next couple lessons here at Nocturnal Slacker v1.0 we’ll be discussing the Bourne Again Shell (BASH) in a bit more detail. With that in mind, though, how ’bout we play around with a neat trick that will customize your BASH prompt whenever you go to the command line? Sound like fun? OK, here [...]
She sells seashells by the seashore. Well, yes… that may be true, but that’s not the type of shell we’re going to talk about here today. I’m going to talk a bit about the Linux shell. What is the Linux shell? What does it do? How can I interact with it on my GNU/Linux operating [...]
A Few More Shell Basics
In our last lesson here, I scratched the surface of the basics needed to start scripting in BASH. Today, we’ll learn a few more things. Here are some fundamentals that we need to cover real quick. It’s nothing too complicated. chmod – You’ve seen this command in action before, I’m sure. It’s important when it [...]