Tutorial2: Unix / Linux File Management

UNIX / LINUX FILE MANAGEMEN

Main Objectives of this Practice Tutorial

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Tutorial Reference Material

Course Notes / Software		Linux Command/Shortcut Reference		YouTube Videos
Course Notes: PDF | PPTX Tutorials: Vi Reference Sheet Les Czegel's Week 2 Notes (HTML)		Directory and File Management Commands pwd cd ls mkdir rmdir cp mv rm , rm -r	Text File Management Commands cat more , less touch file find diff Text Editors vi nano	Brauer Instructional Videos: Basic File Actions (touch, ls -l, cp, cp -r, mv, mkdir, mkdir -p, rm, rmdir, rm -r), Relative-to-home Paths Reading/Writing to Files (echo, stdin, stdout, stderr, >, >>, 2>, cat, more, less, man, date, diff, diff -y, find, wc

Unix / Linux File Management Concepts

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INVESTIGATION 1: MANAGING DIRECTORIES

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Part 1: Creating / Removing Directories

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Perform the Following Steps:

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Part 2: Creating / Copying / Moving / Removing Files

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Perform the Following Steps:

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INVESTIGATION 2: USING TEXT EDITORS TO CREATE / MODIFY TEXT FILES

In this section, you will learn how to use the Linux Shell. Topics in the section include:

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Part 1: Using the Nano Text Editor

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Perform the Following Steps:

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Part 2: Using the VI / VIM Text Editor

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LINUX PRACTICE QUESTIONS

The purpose of this section is to obtain extra practice to help with quizzes, your midterm, and your final exam.

Here is a link to the MS Word Document of ALL of the questions displayed below but with extra room to answer on the document to simulate a quiz:

https://ict.senecacollege.ca/~murray.saul/uli101/uli101_week1_practice.docx

Your instructor may take-up these questions during class. It is up to the student to attend classes in order to obtain the answers to the following questions. Your instructor will NOT provide these answers in any other form (eg. e-mail, etc).

Review Questions:

1. What is a “Linux Cluster”? What is an advantage of using a Linux cluster?
2. List three unique server names at Seneca college and briefly explain the purpose of that server.
3. List the steps to connect and login to your Matrix Linux server account from a workstation in a computer lab at Seneca College.
4. List the steps to connect and login to your Matrix Seneca College account on your laptop or your home computer.
5. List 3 unique ways to log-out of your Matrix account (not including closing the SSH window or application).
6. What is the difference between a Linux command and an argument?
7. What is the purpose of a Linux command option?
8. What character(s) is used to separate commands and arguments?
9. Create a table listing each Linux command, useful options that were mentioned in the online assignment #1 and command purpose for the following Linux commands: pwd , cd , ls , cal , date , who , w , whoami , who am I , clear

Tutorial2: Unix / Linux File Management