[ale] windows to Linux user conversion training guide

[Jim Kinney]

Yes. EOF would be far more correct. Fixed with a note on what EOF is.


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:

>
> http://jimkinney.us/2.%2Bbasic%2Beveryday%2Bcommands.html
>
> Type the command *cat /etc/filesystems - >> /tmp/foo*. When you get the
> blank line, start entering text. A new line is given when you press
> "Enter". To stop entering text press "Ctrl-C".
>
>
> While a Ctrl-C (interrupt) seems to work, wouldn't Ctrl-D (eof) be more
> appropriate? Interrupt seems like it'd be dependent on implementation
> details of what caching happens or something like that. Say, if you were
> piping to some other command rather than redirecting to foo. I was actually
> a bit surprised to see it work.
>
> You said feedback is welcome--hope this isn't too nit-picky.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:41:33 AM
> *Subject: *[ale] windows to Linux user conversion training guide
>
>
> When I was working at another location, one of the tasks I got to do was
> to write a training guide to take a windows user and make them a command
> line junkie in Linux. It was a fun project and the students that used it
> were enthusiastic about the guide.
>
> It's been far too long, but I finally extracted the bulk of that guide and
> put it up on my site for others to see. Feedback is welcome!
>
> It's not complete and due to the removal of much very specific stuff from
> where it was written it's a bit clunky now. also the migration away from a
> good but proprietary wiki (Atlassian Confluence) to plain html is less than
> stellar. I plan to do more from a docbook version for later html
> publication as soon as I can.
>
> the guide is at http://jimkinney.us for now.
>
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James P. Kinney III
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*Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/
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