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When I first started learning Unix -- way before Linux (I'm that old) -- there was a program called 'learn' that came with the OS. 'learn' taught you how to use the shell in a series of distinct lessons, each of which was capped off by an exercise in which you were dropped into a fake shell environment and instructed to achieve some task. Only by successfully completing the task (the program checked the state of the fake file system against the desired state) could you proceed to the next lesson.

I'd been hoping for a program like 'learn' for modern environments. This looks like it comes close.




Interesting! Never heard about it. Can you give some sources or more info?



Sure. I just couldn't think of a way to convince google to find the right answer. Anything like "on unix learn tool" or "unix learn command" wouldn't bring me it. What search did you use to find it on google?


I think the key would be knowing what flavor of Unix they were on. `bsd man learn` gets me to that page.


Not OP but I found this with "unix man learn" (without the quotes). It took a few tries though.




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