It is assumed here that you have an account with a username and a valid password and that you can handle a keyboard and a mouse.
- Introduction
- What is UNIX?
- Command Line or GUI?
- Login
- Some Vocabulary
- Creating a Shell
- Logout
- UNIX Commands
- Command Syntax
- Useful Commands for Instant Gratification
- Changing your Password
- UNIX File Organization
- Files and Directories
- Home and Working Directories
- Paths
- Directories
- Listing the Content of a Directory: ls
- Creating a Directory: mkdir
- Removing a Directory: rmdir
- Changing Directories: cd
- Locating Yourself: pwd
- Files
- Creating a File: touch
- Copying a File: cp
- Moving or Renaming a File: mv
- Removing a File: rm
- Seeing the Content of a File: cat, pg, more, less
- Wildcards
- Wildcards: * ? [ ]
- File Permissions
- What are File Permissions?
- Displaying Permissions
- Changing Permissions: Symbolic Notation
- Changing Permissions: Numeric Notation
- More Useful Commands
- What Kind of File is This: file
- Comparing Files: diff
- Finding Files: find
- Text Editors
- Text Editors
- Printing
- lp
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