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Linux Lab 02 Command Line

This document provides an overview of the Linux command line including common commands and their syntax, running commands in the background, customizing the shell environment, and references for further learning. The lab objectives are to learn basic command line usage and complete tasks like changing directories, searching for files, and modifying the shell prompt.

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Linux Lab 02 Command Line

This document provides an overview of the Linux command line including common commands and their syntax, running commands in the background, customizing the shell environment, and references for further learning. The lab objectives are to learn basic command line usage and complete tasks like changing directories, searching for files, and modifying the shell prompt.

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Linux Workshop

Lab 2 Command line


Requirements Quick Reference Objectives to learn
➢ Live Linux Command line knowledge
#program files do not need an extension such as .exe
#directories use / instead of \ #(often no drive letters, but) mount points.
#commands & filenames are case sensitive
#help with: cmd --help
#prefix ./ to start a program located in the current directory
#.files are hidden (starting with a dot)

command -options parameters #General command syntax


...<tab> #Automatic cmd completion (WinXP)
...<tab><tab> #Completion for cmd & file choices
...<page up> #Browse through cmd history ( bash)
To Do from the command line
history #Show personal cmd line history
1. Go to the tmp directory !5 #Start command 5 from history

2. How many commands can a user execute? cmd1 ; cmd2 #Use ; for cmd concatenation
#man, info, which, type, whereis, apropos
3. How many commands can a priviliged user ls /etc ¦ less #less is more (<q> to quit)
execute? ls /etc ¦ grep -i fstab #Filter output using grep ignoring upper case
4. How many commands did the user already nohup cmd #Leave cmd running aft logout (hang up)
execute in the past? #such as the screen package
cmd & #Start cmd in background (running)
5. Execute command number 1 from the command <ctrl-z> #Set program into background (stopped)
history
jobs #Show background programs
6. How can you search in a directory to a filename bg [nr] #Start background program (running)
ignoring upper and lower case characters? xset -b #Set sound bell for alerts = off (in X)

7. Change the prompt. Change \w in \W or reverse.


echo $PS #Show prompt string variable
export PS= #Set prompt string variable

Theory Modules
LPIC 1 Certification Bible, isbn 0-7645-4772-0
➢ p. 63 Ch. 2 Using the Shell
➢ p. 275 Ch. 7 Using Documentation
➢ p. 72-77 Environment Variables and Settings
➢ p. 527-540 Customizing the Shell Environment

Extra References
➢ www.tldp.org
➢ www.vmware.com

© October 2, 2005, wiki.novell.com/index.php/Roberts_Quick_References, author of Foundations of Linux networking

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