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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Roman78 on July 09, 2006, 09:18:07 AM

Title: CLI commando overview
Post by: Roman78 on July 09, 2006, 09:18:07 AM: I'm pritty new to the Amiga OS, now i want to learn some more about cli command's (in linux/unix/BSD is the console the powerfullets tool). But where can i find a command list overview or a manual. Got some books here but there is not much about the CLI.

And how to i change the disks/volumes? Changing directories is almost the same than in linux. I.e. i have a CF card, how can i brouws on it whit the CLI?
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: DamageX on July 09, 2006, 05:58:38 PM: you need to type the device name followed by a colon, examples:

df0:
cd0:directory1/directory2

some other commands:
cd / (move to parent directory)
makedir
rename
delete
list > dir.txt
(redirects the output to a file instead of the screen)
copy df1:rubbish.readme ""
(the empty quotes mean the current directory is the destination)
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: Roman78 on July 09, 2006, 06:00:55 PM: Ok tnx. Thats a start. I alwys tried "cd .." :lol:
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: Matt_H on July 09, 2006, 06:27:57 PM: The AmigaDOS manual has a complete listing of commands and their arguments. You can get one from dealers, eBay, or the OS3.5 or 3.9 CDs (PDF or HTML version).
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: doctorq on July 09, 2006, 06:32:15 PM: Just do a dir c:. This will list all the available commands. If you type a command followed by a ?, you will get the syntax of the command.
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: AmigaMance on July 09, 2006, 06:49:39 PM: There is a man command somewhere in the Aminet which allows you to type "man command" and get some online help about this command and its arguments.
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: pVC on July 09, 2006, 06:51:35 PM: This page might be useful:
http://24.236.232.44:1980/bmori/amiga/dos1.html
Title: Re: CLI commando overview
Post by: rare_j on July 10, 2006, 10:53:16 AM: You should have a look on www.aminet.net for some stuff that makes your amiga work a bit more like unix.

Try adosbegin.lha (Amigados for beginners) a comprehensive guide and index of amigados commands with examples. This is a great guide.

Get KingCon immidiately. It can replace the standard shell window with a much better one. It adds a scrollbar to the command window and does linux-like auto complete with the tab key. Essential.

Also try UnixDirs3. It's a simple patch to enable unix-like directory commands in the shell like "cd .." very useful. Also you can use * as a wildcard (the amiga standard is #? or something I forget)

Also try pipe-1.5 which adds proper unix-like self flushing pipe functionality.

Another is ls-4.7LJR, a very good ls command. There are also some ports of grep available.

Lastly, Executive is a unix-like task manager and scheduler that gives you a proper process list and kill command amongst other things, and runs multitasking more smoothly. This really works, you should try it.