Comment on What OS should I use for self-hosting that doesn't require extensive terminal knowledge?

• dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I highly recommend O’Reilly’s Learning the Bash Shell in paperback form: www.oreilly.com/library/view/…/0596009658/.

  The other responses you’ve received so far don’t offer much insight into the historical background and underlying mechanics of the shell, which are crucial to understanding the "Why?"s of command-line quirkiness.

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  • Mavytan@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks for your reply. I agree the ‘why’ is important, for me that usually makes things more intuitive

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A 20 year old paperback book seems like a bad choice.

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    • dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a 36 y/o language, mate. I still reference my copy all the time, and found it to be a great definitive resource when I was learning.

      How many bash 4/5 features are you seriously using on a regular basis? What do you think is out-of-date?

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Are you under the impression that that language hasn’t changed?

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• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s been a long time since I learned, so I don’t remember exactly what I used, but at a cursory glance, this one looks good:

  www.terminaltutor.com

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  • Mavytan@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks for the very practical resources!

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• Nasan@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is a fun game approach to learning some bash basics.

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• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  TBF ChatHPT is probably your best bet

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