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* nano nameoffile
* nano nameoffile
* nano is a simple (and one of many) text editor, vi, emacs, joe, etc.
* nano is a simple (and one of many) text editor, vi, emacs, joe, etc.
Moving/Copying/Deleting files
* mv
* cp
* rm
Listing contents of your directory
Listing contents of your directory
* ls
* ls
** does not show hidden files/folders
* use of option flags to see more
* use of option flags to see more
* ls -l
* ls -l
* ls -la
* ls -la
** does show hidden files/folders
* ls -last
* ls -last
 
** shows most recently changed/create at top
# Moving around your home directory; pwd
Permissions
# Moving items in your home directory (2 methods); relative; absolute
* ls -l shows you the permissions
# Listing items in your home directory; Listing with command line options.
* discussion of what those permissions mean.
# Removing directories and files (use caution!)
** letter method
# Permissions; recursive, letter method, number method
** number method
# Touch command.
* chmod changing permissions
# Man command
Man command
# Printing items in your home directory to a printer via command line
Less command
# using lpq to see items in the print queue
Grep command
# using lprm to remove items in the print queue.
Piping
# editing a file using nano
cron
# more about file editors.
# make your own script
# make your own script
# quota command; du -s subdir
# quota command; du -s subdir
# locate command
# locate command
#
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Revision as of 16:07, 15 January 2017

January 16, 2017 from 10am to 12pm, B107 Van Vleck

Connecting to a linux machine via ssh.

  • hand out account credentials for non-math attendees
  • explain Linux vs. Unix, open source

Using SCP to move items from your machine to the server, using sFTP, Filezilla, SecureFX

  • Terminal on mac, linux
  • download and install SSH program (like SecureCRT) for Windows.

pwd

  • landing zone
  • where am I

cd

  • changing directories
  • shortcuts for changing directories
    • ~, ., ..,
  • tab completion

Creating/removing directories

  • mkdir
  • rmdir

Creating files

  • touch
  • nano nameoffile
  • nano is a simple (and one of many) text editor, vi, emacs, joe, etc.

Moving/Copying/Deleting files

  • mv
  • cp
  • rm

Listing contents of your directory

  • ls
    • does not show hidden files/folders
  • use of option flags to see more
  • ls -l
  • ls -la
    • does show hidden files/folders
  • ls -last
    • shows most recently changed/create at top

Permissions

  • ls -l shows you the permissions
  • discussion of what those permissions mean.
    • letter method
    • number method
  • chmod changing permissions

Man command Less command Grep command Piping cron

  1. make your own script
  2. quota command; du -s subdir
  3. locate command
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