[ixus_123]

as a newbie I would like to learn a bit more about the terminal. Does anyone have any links for a quick guide or feel like posting the commands that they find most useful?

I use rm lots but understand there is a way to have the files deleted 3 time for security could someone tell me how please.

Thankyou

[VEGAN]

Originally posted by ixus_123:
as a newbie I would like to learn a bit more about the terminal. Does anyone have any links for a quick guide or feel like posting the commands that they find most useful?

I use rm lots but understand there is a way to have the files deleted 3 time for security could someone tell me how please.

Thankyou

You are looking for this:

rm -P

For useful commands... Start with this:

man

For example if you had typed `man rm' you would have found out pretty soon that the "option" you need to use with `rm' is "-P".

Type `man -k something" to find the command that deals with "something" [replace "something" with, say, "copy" or "move" or... use your imagination]

[OreoCookie]

echo 15 k 1 3 \/ p | dc

a simple command line arbitrary-precision calculator.

[pat++]

I guess a good start would be :

ls
(or alternatively ls -l)

to list files in the current folder.

and

cd folder_name

to go into a folder.

[ixus_123]

Thanks guys! - to be honest I thought I might get a bit of a newbie bashing there. The manual help is pretty useful thanks. Since I posted I've found out a bit more too like the airport listings etc - i would post it but as quick as I found it I lost it - if I find the command again I'll post it.

Thanks again guys

[int69h]

You can find a load of information for different levels of skill here: http://www.geek-girl.com/unix.html

[ixus_123]

Thanks for that link, it looks like it has everything I need to get me started. Thanks.