1. Ubuntu Terminal for pre-beginners

2. Terminal - Ubuntu

This is an easy start with Terminal for those who are clueless. 3. Coders can working with amazing ease at the command prompt. 4. The rest of us are clueless and no amount of beginners' help will move us on 5. We need pre-beginners' help... 6. Start here: $

7. T erminal is located in Applications and looks like this when you click on it. It's called the prompt. 8. You can call Terminal what you want by clicking on the name Terminal under the icon and retyping your own name 9. Here are a few things to type at the prompt. Press enter after you have typed each one: 10. ls

ls will tell you what is in the folder/directory you are in

ls -a 11. This command will list the folder/directory files including the hidden ones

12. cal

Type cal at the prompt and press enter. You will get a calendar for this month.

Type cal 2010 and press enter. You will get a calendar for this year.

13. clear

Type clear at the prompt and press enter.

It clears everything you have typed in!

14. date/time

Type date at the prompt and press enter. It will display the date.

Type time at the prompt and press enter. It will show you the time.

15. cd

cd will change you to another folder/ directory. 16. Type ls and you will see what is in the folder/directory.

Assuming you have a folder/directory called SlideShows, type cd SlideShows at the prompt and press enter. 17. Type cd and press enter and you will be back home.

18. q

Q will take you out of a screen you may have entered and back to the prompt.

Type info cal 19. Read or don't read what comes up. 20. Press the q on your keyboard to return to the prompt.

21. dc

Type dc 22. Press enter 23. Type 5 3 * p 24. Press enter 25. Clever!

Type xcalc and press enter. 26. You will get your very own calculator like this:

27. xcalc 28. top tells you what is running on your system 29. sudo aptget install

Type sudo aptget install and then the name of the programme like emacs or gimp. 30. It will be installed on your sytem.

Type 31. sudo apt-get install thunderbird 32. The Thunderbird mail programme will be installed.

33. You cannot leave Terminal without typing: Enjoy! See? Terminal isn't that bad! 34. Help http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/terminal And if you really want to see how good you can get: http://tuxtraining.com/tag/screen Search...there is plenty of help. 35. control-Z ^ Z