Guide: Introduction to the Bash Console

[Warren Togami]

http://linux.org.mt/article/terminal

Abstract

 This tutorial presents the Linux terminal and the "bash" shell to
people who have never used a command line to give commands to an
operating system before, or who have never done so in Linux/Unix. People
who have already used a Unix shell before might find it a bit simple. 

 Due to the popularity of the Microsoft Windows operating system, and
the large number of ex-Windows-users who have discovered Linux, I have
provided comparisons to equivalent or similar features and terminology
in Windows' MS-DOS prompt or Command prompt. These are provided as an
additional help for Windows users, and are not necessary to follow this
document. 

 Since this tutorial is intended as an introduction, it is purposely not
comprehensive. Several commands, for example, are only explained in the
depth necessary to gain an understanding of what they do and how to use
them, not necessarily to use them to their full potential. 

 In the article I assume that the user is already familiar with concepts
such as files and directories, as well as filenames, etc.