Where do I find a list of linux commands?

[obxfireguy]

Looking for a complete list of Linux commands that are avail online. Also, What is a good book/s for a newbie to get to learn more about Linux?

[ph34r]

Try typing "help" at a bash prompt - that will give you all of bash's commands. Everything else in Linux is a program, so those will depend on what is installed.

For books, check out the Linux Unleashed, Slackware Linux Unleashed, or Redhat Linux Unleashed by Sam's Publishing, or the O'Rieley's books.

[bugfix]

There's probably a NHF for commands. One moment, please.....

The Link (http://http://linuxnewbie.internet.com/nhf/intel/commands/index.html)

Books, er, dunno, ask someone else.

duggeB.

[per©oDåN]

Originally posted by obxfireguy:
...Also, What is a good book/s for a newbie to get to learn more about Linux?

By 'book/s' do you mean you want to know a good book size for...?

JK... being feces-ish... sorry...

Umm... I dunno, but it would depend on which command interpreter you want a command summary for... like which shell. Which shell do you wanna know about?

It's in the docs...

bash.1 an extensive, thorough Unix-style manual page
builtins.1 a manual page covering just bash builtin commands
bashref.texi a reference manual in GNU tex`info format
bashref.info an info version of the reference manual


-perc

[obxfireguy]

This my first Linux install... using Mandrake 7.2... any tips?

[error27]

One way to get a list of commands is to type:

man -k ""

at the command prompt.

[purplehayes]

Words of Advice - Kick back and relax, Mandrake 7.2 is an easy install.

PH
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[Serbot]

You can just hit tab at the prompt, too.

[TaeShadow]

Originally posted by Serbot:
You can just hit tab at the prompt, too.

That'll give you a lot more than commands...


Tae

[Unruly]

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[slowlearner]

There's a whole list of books at the LNO Bookshelf. The best one is Running Linux 3rd Edition. Easy to understand. Also Mandrake 7.2 would be very user friendly if 7.0 and 7.1 are any indication.

[cotfessi]

search the forums for a recent posting of the O'riely book, Learning Debian, that is free online. Appendix E has a 10 page list of commands and brief explanation for each.

Also do a search in a search engine for the Linux Newbie Administrator's guide. They have an huge chapter devoted to listing linux commands.

[twofoolish2b]

Try this link! http://linuxcentral.com/linux/man-pages/

[LinuxColonel]

Linux in a Nutshell by O'reilly. Book has nothing but the commands.

[The_Stack]

The concept of "Linux commands" is really tricky.

"Linux commands" are either built into the shell that you are running or are actually programs which are usually located at:
/usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin

To find out the path to the shell you are running:

echo $SHELL

Usually your shell will be bash. To find out about bash, just do man bash. O'reilly has a good book about bash.

You can also find out about the programs located /usr/local/bin /sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin just by doing a man "program_name"

Good Luck!