The Comprehensive Terminal Guide

Might want to try being more accurate with the title next time. I was hoping for something actually about terminals/terminal emulation.

I have - what I would consider - very basic terminal skills. I'm comfortable moving around, modifying configs, downloading and moving files, changing permissions, adding users, installing things with a package manager, and have a healthy fear of the rm command. I was sad that this article taught me nothing.

I thought it was going to be a guide about wiring terminals -- completely disappointed.

"Comprehensive." That word does not mean what you think it means.

What, no man -k (or apropos)? Without apropos, I'd still be running random commands I found in [s]bin directories.

Only thing I learned from this was that you can add an ampersand (&) to the end of a command to launch a program (such as one with a gui) without tying up your terminal window.

To all that have commented so far: Maybe I should have specified that this was supposed to be a beginner's guide to using the terminal.. I apologize for the confusion. And as for not knowing what "comprehensive" means, here is the dictionary definition: "Complete; including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something..."