User:Michael Murtaugh/Notes

From XPUB & Lens-Based wiki
  • Code readings

Signicant and non-obvious idea: with free software, one really (can) begin with the code and use the code itself as documentation (it sometimes is the best / only documentation).

  • Performing a script
  • The concept of a "PATH"
    • Creating a "bin" folder, ensuring it's in the path.
    • Creating a "pythonlib" folder and adding it to the PYTHONPATH

Claiming the terminal

  • gtypist:
    • Typing
    • GNU
    • Fortune
    • .bashrc

(though... ktouch is better)

Open .bash_aliases in your HOME directory, and add:

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$HOME/pythonlib

Bash

what is a script?

what is a variable?

what is a loop?

sources of (live) information:

  • date
  • traceroute