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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ott.istar!news.istar.net!van-bc!kevin.sunshine.net!cagey From: Kevin Eliuk <cagey@kevin.sunshine.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "learn" unix tool Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 21:34:19 -0700 Organization: Online at Wimsey Lines: 29 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970419212657.162B-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> References: <3359810B.2288@worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: Kevin Eliuk <kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pme22.sunshine.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Vijay Konkimalla <vjmrudula@worldnet.att.net> In-Reply-To: <3359810B.2288@worldnet.att.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39382 On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Vijay Konkimalla wrote: > hi all, > > I remember there used to be tool called "learn" on old unix systems. > (I had seen one on DEC machines) This learn tool is interactive and > teaches basic unix commands, file structure and vi editor. > > Would appreciate any info on this tool, or any other pointers. > > I think it is a valuble tool and must be part of the FreeBSD. Any > comments? > As a newbie I love the idea. Changing from dos to UNIX was a little difficult in just learning the slang. I know more people would look to FreeBSD if they could have something that spoke to them in a friendly language at the beginning as does the tutorial "People New to both FreeBSD and Unix" to get up and running. _______________________________________ |\ /| | \ kevin_eliuk@sunshine.net / | | \ Kevin G. Eliuk / | | /^\_________________________/^\ | | / \ | |/--===### Powered By FreeBSD 2.2.1 \| | www.freebsd.org | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~