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Hello, I'm a Linux BEGINNER
When the installation has finished, Linux wants me to type a login and a
password. This works very well, but then the program asks me something :

I do not know what to do then !
If I type something and then return, it says
bash : sth_i've_typed : command not found

Thank you very much.

Thibaut schrieb:

Hope to helped you!
Ulf Siegel

It's called a 'command line'

You type commands you want the shell to execute.

like 'ls' to view a directory.

and 'cd ..' to move up a directory

and 'cd directoryname' to go to a certain directory.

You *ARE* somewhat familiar with the command line structure of Unix, right?

Harry

Thanks for the answer (sorry, I'm a TOTAL beginner)

Harry,
     Be gentle with begginers.  Don't forget that ALL of us were at this
same point in each of our own beginings.  Twenty years ago, few people new
what the heck a default directory was.

Thibaut,
     Suggested Reading:  I've heard good comments about the book series
"such-and-such-subject for Dummies."  I'm not calling you a dummy.  Being a
beginner, this might me a good place to start.  I've gotten great
information from two books, "Linux Unleased" and "Linux Secrets".  I
recommend learning how to use Xwindows, then connected to internet on the
Linux box.  There is a HUGE amount of information available and hundreds
(thousands?) of HOWTOs.

Good luck.

Patrick

You're right about beginners.. but in truth, I laughed my ass off when I
read this. It brought back similar stories like using the CDRom tray for a
coffee holder and Scotty talking to the mouse... c'mon... it's funny...
looking at a command prompt and wondering what it is... <chuckle... am I the
only one thinking this is hilarious?>
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Apr 1998 10:45:40 EDT,  it went along the lines of:

-->You're right about beginners.. but in truth, I laughed my ass off when I
-->read this. It brought back similar stories like using the CDRom tray for a
-->coffee holder and Scotty talking to the mouse... c'mon... it's funny...
-->looking at a command prompt and wondering what it is... <chuckle... am I the
-->only one thinking this is hilarious?>

well I can't say I did coz I'm a beginner! I real beginner. I don't
even have Linux yet. Still waiting for Red Hat 5.0 to fly through my
letter box! So expect loads of messages from me asking for help in the
future dude!
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Though I must recommend the <your topic> for dummmies, as they are
seriously
useful for beginners, though I've never liked the "for dummies" part,
makes
you feel like a dummy when bying these books :-<, ah well I guess the
ego is getting too big and needed some t*, any how :->.

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