JEAN PARROT wrote to ALAN IANSON:

JP>  AI> Sure it is! You just use ls instead of dir, and remember to use /
JP>  AI> instead of \. Scripting for the bash shell sure is a learning curve
JP>  AI> though, but well worth it.
JP> 
JP>         Let me rephrase this then... not for the RAM poor individual.
JP>   I had a go at this CLI business ( DOS ) a while back and even before
JP>   this, at ML in 8-bit world. I could not remember all the commands
JP>   and had to refer to the manual continuously. A waste of time for me.
JP>   I am a dedicated MS user.  

Yep, it is different. I started out with DOS since that was all that
was available to me at the time so maybe that makes it easier for me.
Anyone who hasn't spent any time at the DOS prompt might find Linux
intimidating, although it's possible to use linux just as a desktop
much like Windows if that's what they want, that would be different
too, and you would need the memory to do it.

JP> But I envy your fun.

That's got a lot to do with it I think. I enjoy the challenge of
linux today much as I enjoyed the challenge of DOS.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... Did you ever stop to think, and then forget to start again?

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