Be A Command Line Superstar: Intro

So i’ve decided that while I want to be able to share some things from my life on this site, I also want to write some useful content. Maybe even live up to the name blogger some day.

It is safe to say that I am a linux command line junkie. I was raised on DOS and windows 3.1 (i didn’t have a computer that supported windows 95 until windows 98SE was released) and when I got experienced enough to realize that they both sucked i tried linux. The first time I installed linux on my family computer it was slackware version maybe 2 (i dont actually remember what version it was) and came on about 12 floppies that I had to download with my 14.4 modem. Some of the people reading this might not even know what a floppy or a 14.4 modem are but that’s ok. Back in those days the command line was pretty much the only useful way to interact with your computer, so that is what I learned. Now you might say the command line is outdated, but i would disagree. While GUI’s have gotten faster, smarter and better looking then ever before the command line is far more powerful due to the control it gives you and the speed with which you can get things done. Unfortunately, the command-line is a dying art - there are many computer power users out there who have little to no experience with it. I hope those people find this useful.

Now if I were being logical, the first in a series of command line interface (CLI) tutorials that I write should probably cover the essentials: man, cp, mv, rm, etc. But i’m not being logical. I am going to write about ssh because I have been using it an awful lot lately and that is what I want to do. And this is my blog. After that I will go back and write about the essentials and re-order them.
Without further ado here it is,

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