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using terminal for first time

Asked by shan

and i do not understand how to get started

what do i do to get started with terminal? what i see is this

shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$

my name is shantiq as you can see 1. do i need to write sudo then my name
                                                             2. or sudo then my password
                                                            3. or simply my user name or simply my password

 i am confused i have tried all permutations AND IT ALWAYS GIVES ME bash: (THE PASSWORD I ENTERED): command not found

AND SENDS ME BACK TO THIS LINE
shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$

WHAT DO I NEED to actually write?

 i am new to this and need help thanx shan

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#1

In the terminal you can execute Ubuntu commands. For example: sudo apt-get update. Maybe you are asked for the password. Enter it and the command will run.

And shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$ ist the default prompt in your terminal.

Hope it helps.
Peter

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#2

And maybe read this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal
Peter

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#3

hi peter do you mean that when i write my password in it is normal to get

shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$ back again EVERY TIME and that there is no acknowlegment of my having entered the password

i also found this

http://linuxcommand.org/lts0010.php#starting

looks useful

SHAN

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peter (peter-neuweiler) said : 		#4

So did you find a solution for your problem?
Peter

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#5

i am not sure it was a problem but you do not answer my question

is this line always going to be after any enter

shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$

and it is normal

yes or no? and thank you for your help

shan can you give me a piece of code i could try out to see if it is all fine like a test

i would be grateful

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Best Tom (tom6) said : 		#6

You don't need to enter you password to just use the command-line. You only need your password when you use commands like "sudo" or "gksudo" as these give you SuperUser/Root priveleges and can really mess up all your permissions and stuff. Worth avoiding unless you know you need to. The normal terminal is fine for many things. Try typing

firefox

for example, or

totem

and see what happens. Note that if you don't know what a command does then you can add " --help" or " -h" after the command o get a quick cheat-sheet help guide on how to use the comand. Note also that while the "dir" command works linux has a much prettier version "ls" which is a lower-case "LS", try

ls -h

and then try

ls

on its own. Once a command has been completed you should get back to the normal command-line prompt, in your case that is "shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$ " from which i can tell that your login username is "shantiq" and your computers name is "shantiq-desktop" which would be useful information if i was on the same internal "Lan" network as you.

I hope this helps! Please also use Peters links as look-up guides on useful commands for the command-line :)
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#7

thank you to you both guys

new to ubuntu changed my OS last week first i partioned then i went all the way to ubuntu and nothing else

AMAZING

so thank you for help here much appreciated

this is really helpful

and see what happens. Note that if you don't know what a command does then you can add " --help" or " -h" after the command o get a quick cheat-sheet help guide on how to use the comand. Note also that while the "dir" command works linux has a much prettier version "ls" which is a lower-case "LS", try

THE ANSWER REALLY was nothing need be done it is all there
but can u see as a neophyte the fact that this returned everytime foxed me

shantiq@shantiq-desktop:~$

SORTED PEACE shan

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#8

Lol, thanks :))
Welcome to linux-land, especially the Ubuntu corner of it :) Most of the stuff you learn about our command-line is the same on other versions of linux too, although many of the tinier versions don't have a "sudo" command so they use a slightly different route when they need to be SuperUser.

Here's some other guides to help you adapt to linux

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Antivirus

and a worksheet to help sort out all your multimedia stuff in one easy go

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Good luck and have fun :)
Regards & congrats from
Tom :)

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#9

yes thank guys

this is good too it seems for beginners

http://linuxcommand.org/lts0010.php#starting

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Tom (tom6) said : 		#10

I only had a very quick look at

http://linuxcommand.org/lts0010.php#starting

but it does seem good and worth working through. The Ubuntu guides are specifically about ubuntu and are good as look-up things to help when/if you get stuck with that guide

Thanks, i copied the link to my own bookmarks too as i usually avoid the terminal and don't really understand very much about it :)
Regards from
Tom :)

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#11

thanx for your help tom

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#12

Hi Shan,

This might also be useful:

http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/10-essential-unixlinux-command-cheat.html

Regards,

Mark

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shan (holinuhi) said : 		#13

thanx mark it all helps peace my bro