Are there any games which can train people to learn terminal commands? [closed]

Solution 1:

You can add the following line (command) at the end of your ~/.bashrc file:

echo "Did you know that:"; whatis $(ls /bin | shuf -n 1)

Every time you open the terminal you will learn something about a random command.

If you want some fun, you can use cowsay "utility". To install it, run this in terminal:

sudo apt-get install cowsay

Then add the following line at the end of your ~/.bashrc file:

cowsay -f $(ls /usr/share/cowsay/cows | shuf -n 1 | cut -d. -f1) $(whatis $(ls /bin) 2>/dev/null | shuf -n 1)

Or you can add the above line as alias in ~/.bash_aliases. I added:

alias ?='cowsay -f $(ls /usr/share/cowsay/cows | shuf -n 1 | cut -d. -f1) $(whatis $(ls /bin) 2>/dev/null | shuf -n 1)'

Whenever you get bored, you can type in terminal: ? (followed by Enter). It's like playing dice by yourself.

Solution 2:

I used to play with whatis. It's not exactly a game, but it's a relatively easy way to learn.

For example, type whatis sudo apt-get update and it returns:

Before I execute any command, I hit it with whatis first. I learn what I'm going to do, then I will do the command with confidence.

If whatis doesn't provide much information or if it's unclear to me, I will go to and read the man.

For example, man sudo.

Google gives you so much info here, sources inside Ask Ubuntu and outside. Here, LMGTFY: best way to learn terminal commands on Ubuntu

Solution 3:

Yes, Terminus is once such game that will help. There is a live version here, and the code is on github. It's a neat idea, although I rather wish the code was more easily extensible.