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-====== System Info - User Help ====== +====== Bash Shell Resources  ======
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-----+===== a few articles and tutorials on the web for learning the bash shell =====
  
-Contents: +  * http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/shell_programming.html 
-  *[[:sysnews#newuser|Help for New Users]] +  * http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html 
-  *[[:sysnews#syshelp|Help Systems]] +  * http://www.panix.com/~elflord/unix/bash-tute.html  
-  *[[:sysnews#solved|Solutions to Common Problems]]+  * http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles2/043.html 
 +  * http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/linux/docs/uniqlinuxfeatures/lsst/
  
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 [[help:general_linux::linux_basics|Useful Unix commands]] [[help:general_linux::linux_basics|Useful Unix commands]]
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-A short list of some commonly used commands from now alum Ethan Gold 
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 Web resources to help you learn the bash shell Web resources to help you learn the bash shell
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 ===== Help Systems ===== ===== Help Systems =====
  
 Both the man (for manual) and Info pages provide information about the system. Man pages are typically geared to specific commands or files, while Info pages give information about an application as a whole. Both the man (for manual) and Info pages provide information about the system. Man pages are typically geared to specific commands or files, while Info pages give information about an application as a whole.
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-==== Man Pages ==== 
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-You can browse the man pages using the textual //man//, or graphical //xman//, commands. Love emacs? The man pages are available in emacs with "M-x man". Lastly, the man pages are available on the web: [[sysnews:cgi-bin:man:man2html|Live Man Pages]]. 
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-==== Info Pages ==== 
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-Info Pages are available using the //info// command or "C-h i" within emacs. We also serve a live copy on the web: [[sysnews:cgi-bin:info2www|Live Info Pages]]. 
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 =====Solutions To Common Problems ===== =====Solutions To Common Problems =====
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 Most of the window managers give you multiple (4 by default) virtual desktops. Each desktop is an independent workspace, so if you go to the second desktop, it will appear as if all of your open programs are gone. Don't worry, though, you can go back to using them by switching back to virtual desktop 1 or generally clicking on the image of a different desktop on the panel. Most of the window managers give you multiple (4 by default) virtual desktops. Each desktop is an independent workspace, so if you go to the second desktop, it will appear as if all of your open programs are gone. Don't worry, though, you can go back to using them by switching back to virtual desktop 1 or generally clicking on the image of a different desktop on the panel.
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-Here you can contact your System Administrator with questions, report a broken machine, or ask for software to be installed. 
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-This page was written for use by the Vassar College Community. If you have any questions or comments about it, please contact Jerry: <jebailie@vassar.edu>. 
  
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- --- //[[priestdo@cs.vassar.edu|Greg Priest-Dorman]] 2008/04/25 11:12// 
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