Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Using Terminal Applications

If it is just one command to launch an application for example you can press
Alt+F2 and type the launching command. This is useful for terminal
applications that open up in a window. However, if you type other commands
or have lots of options and wildcards then you will want to open a terminal
window and type in the terminal itself. You can usually get help by typing
--help or -H after the command or get the manpage (manual) by typing man and
then the command such as: man apt-get. It will give you help for apt-get.
You can use it for any command.

See: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/intro.1.html
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/cli.html
http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php

Enjoy!

Roy

Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit
Location: Canada

On 30 June 2011 20:33, Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:00:00PM -0000, Gabrielle wrote:
> > Greetings, I have the latest Ubuntu on a Toshiba Satellite L505 Laptop.
> > I am now ready to go to the next step in learning the wonderful world of
> Linux. I downloaded a program called "Kismet", which works like net
> stumbler. So, when I downloaded it, it said it is accessed by the terminal.
> It also does not show up in my regular applications. I see that I have an
> icon for terminal and went there and tried typing in just kismet and I just
> became confused. So, I need a "how to use terminal for dummies", I did go
> through the files section first, with no success. Any suggestions of how to
> learn how to input and use terminal applications in an easy to follow step
> by step manner? Thank you, Gabrielle.
> >
>
> I'm not sure how the latest Ubuntu's unity works, but as you guessed,
> you open the terminal application.
>
> So....there you are at a command prompt. Now, typing kismet was a good
> idea, and might have opened it. Unfortunately, apparently it didn't.
> Many programs have some documents.
>
> Ahhh, even though this is for Ubuntu 7.04, it will probably work.
>
> http://www.twistedethics.com/2007/04/25/how-to-setup-kismet-in-ubuntu-704/
>
> See if that's useful.
>
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> Scott Robbins
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> All: We can face anything.
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>
>
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