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Some information about Shell and Linux

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Absolute Beginners

A list of basic BASH commands and Linux Command Line for newbies.

Local Editors

When you're running on your "home" system, you can run any editor you like, most of the time Eclipse can do everything, especially with the appropriate plugins. Other recommended editors are gedit or any of the Remote Editors for Linux, notepad++ for Windows, Aquamacs Emacs for Mac or Komodo Edit for all Platforms.

Remote Editors

When you want to access remote systems like clusters, you can't get around learning a editor which is running in text mode on your shell or via X11. Most popular editors are

  • nano a really easy-to-use editor for beginners.
  • emacs . A full customizable editor with a lot of additional gimmicks. It can be run over X11 so you get a GUI.
  • vi / vim . Another very powerful editor.

They are installed on almost all linux systems. What kind of editor you need depends on taste and task you want to accomplish.

If you spend a lot of time in the shell, you should really learn about programming the BASH:

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