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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Becoming a system administrator, need some advice. Post 302853423 by smoofy on Saturday 14th of September 2013 07:16:57 AM
Old 09-14-2013
Depends on what your job is. I would put it this way. Unix-like systems are very alike and if you are an experienced linux administrator it would not be a big deal to learn AIX, Solaris etc. Most of the tools are very similar and OS (meant unix-like) specialities you can learn quickly especially when you work with experienced colleagues.
If you want to start your carier go with the distro you like most and learn it as good as possible. Once you learn the possibilities and basic features of one, it is only about looking forthe way how to do it on another system or whether it is even possible.
From my experience when I tried to learn Solaris, BSD's, linux, windows and basicaly I ended up with barely usable knowledge. Wide spread is a great thing as long as you can do at least one thing good enough to live from it. I only wish I realized this long time ago.
 

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learn(1)						      General Commands Manual							  learn(1)

NAME
learn - Provides computer-aided instruction for the C shell SYNOPSIS
learn [-directory] [subject] [lesson] The learn command provides computer-aided instruction courses and practice in the use of Tru64 UNIX. OPTIONS
Allows you to exercise a script in a nonstandard place. DESCRIPTION
To get started, enter learn; if this is the first time that you are invoking the learn command, you are guided through a series of ques- tions to determine what type of instruction you want to receive. If you have used learn before and left your last session without completing a subject, the program uses information in $HOME/.learnrc to start you up in the same place you left off. To bypass questions, enter a subject or lesson. In order to enter a lesson, you must know the lesson number that you received in a previ- ous learn command session. If you do not know the lesson number, enter the lesson number as a subject. The learn command searches for the first lesson containing the subject you specified. If the lesson is a - (dash), learn prompts for each lesson; this is useful for debug- ging. You can specify the following subjects: files editor vi morefiles macros eqn C SUBCOMMANDS
There are a few special commands. The bye command terminates a learn session, and the where command tells you of your progress (where m tells you more.) The again command redisplays the text of the lesson and again lesson lets you review lesson. The hint command prints the last part of the lesson script used to evaluate a response, while hint m prints the entire lesson script. This is useful for debugging lessons and might possibly give you an idea about what is expected. EXAMPLES
To take the online lesson about files, enter: learn files You are then prompted for further input. FILES
Playpen directories. Start-up information. SEE ALSO
Commands: csh(1), ex(1) learn(1)
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