Another annoying newbie

[dtl]

Hi everyone .
I've joined the Linux world around 2 months ago and am still grappling with my fear of the command line. I have been involved with the Mandriva forum so far and If there weren't for the few kind people who actually give a step by step instructions -including all those funny lines and spaces and dollar signs and hashes- I probably would have quit by now.
So Big thanks to all understaning.
i do enjoy my Mandriva but in the process of learning have reinstalled it about five times by now. .

Just a simple question. How do you save and quit in the Mandriva console ? I just close the window and it seems to work so far.
Cheers

[kveldulf980]

Save and quit? Depends on what you mean, you can just close a console as long as it isn't running some process in the foreground. If you mean something like a text file then it depends on what program you are using.

Either way, welcome to the wonderful world of Linux!

[dtl]

Ok , not such a simple question then.
Perhaps I'm not sure then when the console is finnished working on something. Is it when my user name or the root bla,bla] # appears again ?

[Freston]

*barks* grrrr newbie grrrr *barks again*

Perhaps I'm not sure then when the console is finnished working on something. Is it when my user name or the root bla,bla] # appears again ?

Jep, that's right. Most things in the console are instant, or take a short while. Others do take a long time, depending on what you're doing and your machine some things might take hours.
But the reappearance of the input prompt (the user name blabla part and the blinking cursor) signifies it's ready. Unless of course you feel ready for the wonderful world of background processes. But I feel we should leave that for a later date. There shouldn't be to much need for the command line if you don't want to deepen your understanding of it's power. Normal day to day operation can be done without it.

[elija]

Yes.

You can just type the command "exit" which will close the console
or you can close the window.

[dtl]

Oh but I do. Just find it really hard to learn on my own. I think the command line way is so smooth and fast . I'd love to be able to understand what exactly i'm doing. ...One day !
Thanks.

[dtl]

Yes.

You can just type the command "exit" which will close the console
or you can close the window.

I think I've tried that and nothing happened. I thought it was waiting for me to do something more sofisticated.