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Before we Begin
Commands
All commands in the following guide are highlighted inside grey boxes with the command as it
should be typed in the left and the description on the right. All commands
are case sensitive and are
dependent on having the correct number of spaces / characters. Please be sure to copy it exactly.
Beyond this Workbook
There is more included in this worksheet than you can accomplish in the session time allotted. This is
so you can continue your study of
Linux outside of the session, using this workbook as your starting
point. Even if you do not have access to a
Linux environment to work with, you should still be able to
read through and gain knowledge and understanding from the examples in this workbook.
ping -c 5 -n 10.203.1.5
Ping the IP Address 10.203.1.5
for a count of 5 (-c 5), outputting
numerical values only (-n)
Special Characters
Be aware of special characters and don’t get them confused with standard letters.
| =
this is the Pipe character, used to pipe output from one command into another.
To type Pipe, use Shift + \ (located on
the left side of the keyboard, next to the shift key)
Example Command: man -k directory | grep ls
Usernames
Throughout
this document, the username ‘msai135’ is refered to as a sample account. When you are
working
through this document, you should use your username in place of ‘msai135’.
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Contents
Contents
What
is
Linux? 5
A
brief
History
of
Linux
6
Different
Linux
Distributions 8
Different
Linux 10
Desktop
Interfaces
10
What
is
Linux
used
for
today?
12
Before
we
get
started
13
Accessing
the
Linux
Command
Prompt
14
Introduction to the Command Line Interface
14
The
Linux
Filesystem 15
The
Command
Line
Interface
(CLI) 16
Executing
Commands
20
Improving your
productivity in the CLI
21
Getting
Help
and
Searching 22
Creating
Files 24
Permissions
and
Ownership 25
Setting
Permissions
27
Editing
Files
30
Nano
Quick
Reference
31
Useful commands to research and try
32
Other
things
to
try
33
