Comments on: Wizard Boot Camp, Part One: Linux, Shells & Commands

By: james.oden

james.oden — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

None of this was very wizardly…james

By: dford

dford — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Very interesting – I’ll be with you the rest of the way – thanks
David

By: jbonfante

jbonfante — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

good starting point, i agree with Oden…. where’s the wizard part? But I guess everyone must know the basics first. I think I know where you’re going with this though, I will also be along for the ride.

By: horace

horace — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

OK, so Part I is not very wizardly. Is patience impossible?

By: easullivaniii

easullivaniii — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

“This month, let’s start with a quick overview of Linux and shell concepts that you should know, then dig into some shell features that might be new to you.”

real wizards don’t fault the master for following his posted lesson plan…

By: bcspratt

bcspratt — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I learned some new things, thank you.

By: astabi

astabi — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for this lesson! very helpful.

By: dhempy

dhempy — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Indeed Jerry followed his lesson plan. I’m sure that this is laying the appropriate groundwork (as evidenced by some of the preceding comments) such that the masses can follow his future columns. Given that he’s educated folks for a while, I’m sure that there is a method to his madness! I’ll be following along. Thanks Jerry!

By: fbautista

fbautista — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I learned a lot from this and gives a good overview. looking forward to the next Part of this “Boot Camp”.

By: sharder

sharder — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

This was a very eloquent and concise walk through of “what I already knew”. I’m looking forward to the next installments. I really think you can make a wizard out of me :-)

By: kummy_linux

kummy_linux — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

we know that good programmer is one who is strong in basics. Even though the above lesson is not in brief they give some important key points on which we can think or explore more about it…..

By: doricman

doricman — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I need to brush up my Shell understanding. This Boot Camp Wizard has arrived in time for me.
Thanks.

By: davecohoe

davecohoe — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Good stuff. Thanks for posting. I’m looking forward to the next installment.

By: vani.gpk

vani.gpk — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Its a good refresher article.

By: esanchezvela

esanchezvela — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I find it very basic but promising, the only thing I would object is the following paragraph under "Problematic Ways that Shells Gets Commands"

This is a big "gotcha" in redirecting a shell's standard input. You may be able to work around this with the shell operator m>&n (which we'll cover in November), but it's likely to be painful at best.

I would rephrase as when we play with redirection

But that is just me....

By: esanchezvela

esanchezvela — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

grrrr… I didn’t reverse the redirection operator…sorry …

By: risingangel01

risingangel01 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Doesn’t this say “PART ONE” and “basics” Give the Guy a chance. ~Reina~

By: temartin01

temartin01 — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

From one who is “self educating”, thanks. This article is clearer than many of the books I got at Amazon/Borders/Barnes& noble…tem

By: zouzou

zouzou — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

yeah, gotta admit, as temartim01 said, it is indeed clearer than most books/tutorials/wiki's i have seen.
thanx jerry

P.S.: i know it is a little too late, but i wanted to start the bootcamp from the beginning.
zouzou

By: djeepp

djeepp — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve been scripting all day and read this article for a break. I had a couple of those “Oh, yeah. I forgot about that…” moments. Just because it is basic doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be repeated once in awhile.