Getting started
Boiled down:
| granite.sru.edu |
logging in ssh |
changing password |
passwd |
| ls |
pwd |
cat |
whatis |
| apropos |
-- help |
tab keys |
arrow keys |
Must knows
- The machine is granite
- granite.sru.edu - accessible via Internet
- ID -- same as Univ. e-mail
- Initial password - 6 digit birthdate. CHANGE IT
- Bash shell
- lpr is print command
- man is the command for help (manual pages)
Keyboard commands for Bash
- ctrl-c: Interrupt
- ctrl-u: linekill
- tab: filename completion
- ctrl-d: exit
Filenames
- any number of characters
- any number of extensions
- case sensitive
First Commands
- To list files in your home directory - ls
- To determine current working directory - pwd
- To display the contents of a file on the screen - cat filename
- To print the contents of a file to the printer
- To get help on a command - man command
- To get help determining a command that does xxx --man -k xxx
- Editing - Real Unix people use vi<\em>li>
- Point and click people use that other thing
More Commands
All work herein is subject to copyright. Original content to Dr. Deborah Whitfield, text content (Practical Guide to Linux) to Prentice Hall publishing.