From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Sep 25 00:19:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA14917 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:19:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA14906; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 00:19:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id RAA27794; Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:19:20 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980925171917.14092@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 17:19:17 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Gary Godfrey Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: newbie questions References: <000101bde84f$340f72d0$2f217118@CR830434-A.mplrdg1.bc.wave.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <000101bde84f$340f72d0$2f217118@CR830434-A.mplrdg1.bc.wave.home.com>; from Gary Godfrey on Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 11:39:09PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Sep 24, 1998 at 11:39:09PM -0700, Gary Godfrey wrote: > I just loaded freebsd with these directories: bin, des, dict, > doc,info,manpages, ports, xf86332. > > All i have right now is command line and i only know a few commands. > ls,chmod,cd. > > If x11 is a GUI windows type program how do i load it? > Is there an equivalent of DosHelp where a full list of command line commands > are available. There's not really a list, because there's too many commands. If you're running the bash shell, when you type 'help' you get a list of many commands provided by the shell (though 'man bash' is better). There's a lot more commands than what a shell provides, though. Lots! (try these: 'ls /bin' 'ls /sbin' 'ls /usr/bin' 'ls /usr/sbin' 'ls /usr/local/bin' 'ls /usr/local/sbin') You probably want to know about the everyday commands you'll need, and a book or online unix tutorial is best for that. Take a look at the tutorial for people new to both FreeBSD and unix on the FreeBSD web site. You'll find a link to it on http://www.freebsd.org/newbies.html and you'll see other links from there to various unix tutorials, X Window System info, and all the FreeBSD documentation relevant for people at your stage. BTW, FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org is the best place for newbie questions (FreeBSD-newbies is for idle chatter, not help) so I've redirected this email to -questions so that others can learn from your question. You might find a few more tips for getting help in the FreeBSD Newbies First Aid Kit (FAK) at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ If these two references aren't quite right for you, please write to me or to freebsd-newbies and suggest how they could be improved. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message