As part of your Linux training, you need to learn how to use Linux commands to do Linux administration.

New Linux users often find it difficult to learn how to use Linux commands by using Linux books or other Linux documentation.

Linux video tutorials have recently changed all this - and at last provide a source of easy Linux training materials! 5 Benefits of Using Linux Video Tutorials to Learn Linux Commands

1. You get to actually see a Linux command being run - every step of the way.

The great thing about watching a Linux video tutorial to learn how to use a Linux command is that you can see exactly how everything is done. You can see how to run the command - step-by-step.

Linux Tips: If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a Linux video tutorial is worth 300,000 words a minute! - at five frames (pictures) per second.

2. You hear the reason for running the Linux command as well as the description of running the command.

Along with seeing the Linux video, you also hear how everything is done. In a nice, calm and relaxed manner. This is real easy Linux training.

3. You can pause a Linux video tutorial whenever you need more time.

Whenever you need to think about something you’ve just seen and heard, you can just click on the pause button and the Linux video tutorial pauses for as long as you need!

You may want to pause the Linux video because something appears on the screen that you need more time to absorb - or you may need more time to read the output of a Linux command that was just run.

4. You get to see the “full” output of the Linux command.

This is an often overlooked, but extremely important part of learning Linux commands.

The output of a Linux command can be quite long and detailed - far too long to show in a Linux book. But the output of a Linux command is another key item to learn from.

Linux Tips: When you’re reading a Linux book, you rarely see the output of a Linux command. And if some output is shown, it’s usually just a short bit of the output. Partly because of the amount of space required to show the output and partly because it would take more time to clearly show you the output.

5. You get to learn from someone with Linux training experience.

Written by Clyde Boom.

When you are a new Linux user and trying to get Linux training, you need to learn how to use Linux commands. What you most often need is a Linux example showing you how to use a Linux command.

And you will often hear seasoned Linux users say (over and over again) “just see the Linux man page” for a Linux command. This has become a quick and easy way out - of really trying to explain how to use Linux. Linux man pages are useful if you already know Linux, but extremely frustrating if you are new to the Linux OS (operating system).

Linux Tips: Linux man pages are practically useless for someone new to Linux. In fact, they’re almost as easy as trying to read hieroglyphics. Great for the ancient Egyptians - lots of nice pictures, but really hard to read.

Here’s Why Man Pages Don’t Work for Someone New to Linux - And What You Can Do About It

“Man” stands for “manual”, as in “Linux manual” or “Linux software manual”. You run the Linux man command to display the contents of a man page (file).

So, if you need help on a Linux command (or Linux software programs), you just run the man command and get help on the command. This gives you instant Linux online help. Sounds great - but it’s not great for a new Linux user.

And it would be great if the people that knew how to use Linux, didn’t expect the people that are new to Linux to understand man pages!

Here’s how to run the Linux man command and get help on the grep command:

]$ man grep

This displays the contents of the Linux man page (file) for the grep command.

Linux Tips: There are several options of the man command that can be used to display information on multiple man pages. But hey, man - how do I get help on the man command? You guessed it - just run: man man

Now, the grep command is pretty amazing in what it can do. It has lots of options and different ways of getting tons of useful information from a Linux system - but you’d never know it from looking at the man page.

The man page for any Linux command just shows you: a vague description of the command, a cryptic statement showing how to run the command, and a long alphabetic listing of the options for the command. There’s no way of knowing which options are the most useful and most commonly used.

And the worst part is that it’s almost impossible to find a Linux example of a command. In the thousands of man pages, there are almost never any examples of how to use a Linux command. And seeing examples of a Linux command (and then running the command) - is the best way to learn how to use Linux.

Written by Clyde Boom.