Can't make "Code: Select all" work. (solved)

[BobMud]

Hi.

I must be doing something absolutely stupid here. Recently set up the pi and got it working. Yay!

When I look at the possibility of doing things with it they seem to start off with CODE: SELECT ALL

But ever time I enter this either in the terminal or without it I get the response I get " ash: CODE:: command not found" (I can't read the first letter before " ash" as my monitor is not fully configured yet.

I've tried with spaces and without. With capitals and without. I've re-imaged the SD card.

wheezy - rasbian. Keyboard set to Spanish.

Any thoughts?

[DBryant]

"CODE: SELECT ALL" is not valid for anything at all.

From the command line try commands like

Code: Select all

pwd

For the current working directory, it will be something like /home/pi

Code: Select all

ls

To list the content of the directory

Code: Select all

df

To list file systems

CODE: SELECT ALL is a directive for you to copy the following text not copy onto the command line. Detials I can not give 'cause I've no idea where your looking!

[RobHenry]

I must be doing something absolutely stupid here.

I'm afraid to say you are.

"Code:Select all" is used to embed lines of code or output into forum postings and you click on it in order to select the text to allow you to copy it to your clipboard. It is useful for reducing the page space taken up by long listings.

It's the little button up there ^ labelled "Code" when you are typing a forum post.

Try selecting this text:

Code: Select all

Just to be clear - you do not type Code:Select all when inputting the code sample somewhere else.

The missing letter is b for bash

[BobMud]

Ah!

Do I win a prize for the most basic newbie mistake?



Many thanks to all who responded.



Bob