Drush is a command line shell and scripting interface for Drupal. It provides commands to download, update, and enable modules as well as perform other site maintenance tasks. The document outlines the three steps to install and use Drush: 1) Download and install Drush, 2) Create a drush alias, and 3) Use drush commands to perform tasks like downloading modules, enabling modules, and updating Drupal sites.

1. Intro to Drush John Bickar Cubberley Education Library Stanford University

2. What’s Drush? http://drupal.org/project/drush It is and it isn’t a Drupal module

3. Basic Command Line Syntax Command Options Directory and/or target ls -alh ~/ man ls i.e., Read The Free Manpage

4. 3 Steps Download/install Create alias Use it!

5. Step 1: Install it 2 ways GUI Command Line curl http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-All-Versions-2.1.tar.gz | tar zxv NB: There is a drush package for Debian linux; installed on Stanford servers (corn cluster)

6. Step 2: Create an alias echo $SHELL vi .bash_profile If it’s not there you’ll need to create it alias drush=‘path/to/php path/to/drush/drush.php’ You may need to run the command ‘source ~/.bash_profile’ for the alias to take effect

7. Step 3: Use it! cd to your Drupal install directory drush help drush dl tagadelic drush enable tagadelic drush -y disable tagadelic drush -s update

8. Drush on Techcommons https://techcommons.stanford.edu/topics/drupal/drush

9. Questions? Suggestions? Tomatoes?

10. Contact Me John Bickar [email_address] cubbtech on d.o