term% cat index.txt LEARN(1) General Commands Manual LEARN(1)
NAME
learn - computer aided instruction about UNIX
SYNOPSIS
learn [ -directory ] [ subject [ lesson [ speed ] ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Learn gives CAI courses and practice in the use of UNIX. To get
started simply type `learn'. The program will ask questions to find
out what you want to do. The questions may be bypassed by naming a
subject, and the last lesson number that learn told you in the previous
session. You may also include a speed number that was given with the
lesson number (but without the parentheses that learn places around the
speed number). If lesson is `-', learn prompts for each lesson; this
is useful for debugging.
The subjects presently handled are
editor
eqn
files
macros
morefiles
C
The special command `bye' terminates a learn session.
The -directory option allows one to exercise a script in a nonstandard
place.
FILES
/usr/learn and all dependent directories and files
BUGS
The main strength of learn, that it asks the student to use the real
UNIX, also makes possible baffling mistakes. It is helpful, especially
for nonprogrammers, to have a UNIX initiate near at hand during the
first sessions.
Occasionally lessons are incorrect, sometimes because the local version
of a command operates in a non-standard way. Such lessons may be
skipped, but it takes some sophistication to recognize the situation.
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