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

• dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨34⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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 What do you think is out-of-date?

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  • Mavytan@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• Nasan@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Thanks for the very practical resources!

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• LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Find a problem or project that requires the terminal to solve it, follow the instructions laid out, and execute. Once you’ve done it, try tolook back at what you did and understand exactly what was going on under the hood. You can’t just “study terminal“ or something, the best way to learn is by doing. Just come up with simple things that need it. For instance, a Linux distribution that requires you to download a few drivers. That’s a really good building block right there. Get you to understand how to navigate file paths on your computer from your terminal, how to know where to look for things and such

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• RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  TBF ChatHPT is probably your best bet

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