Seriously. It's effectively deep voodoo; to talk about it properly you kind of need to know a fair bit about things evolved in the 70s-80s.
In some ways the best part of the Unix Hater's Guide is that it chronicles a lot of the history of those early systems that still live on in the guts of our computers.
I have - what I would consider - very basic terminal skills. I'm comfortable moving around, modifying configs, downloading and moving files, changing permissions, adding users, installing things with a package manager, and have a healthy fear of the rm command. I was sad that this article taught me nothing.
Only thing I learned from this was that you can add an ampersand (&) to the end of a command to launch a program (such as one with a gui) without tying up your terminal window.
To all that have commented so far: Maybe I should have specified that this was supposed to be a beginner's guide to using the terminal.. I apologize for the confusion. And as for not knowing what "comprehensive" means, here is the dictionary definition: "Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something..."
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[ 1.8 ms ] story [ 30.4 ms ] threadIn some ways the best part of the Unix Hater's Guide is that it chronicles a lot of the history of those early systems that still live on in the guts of our computers.