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→INVESTIGATION 2: USING THE GRAPHICAL KNOPPIX VM
# Make certain that you are running your Knoppix Linux Live virtual Machine<br>(refer to '''step #7''' in [https://wiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca/wiki/Tutorial7:_Installing_Linux_/_Live_Linux_/_Virtualization#INVESTIGATION_1:_BOOTING_KNOPPIX_.28LIVE_LINUX.29_VIA_VIRTUALBOX INVESTIGATION 1] if you need to start your Knoppix VM).<br><br>Although you will be learning to create and run '''shell scripts''' (near the end of this course)<br>in your '''Matrix''' server , those scripts will only run in a '''command-line''' environment.<br><br>Since you are running a '''<u>graphical</u> Knoppix''' Linux distribution on your computer,<br>you can run scripts graphically (including the use of '''dialog boxes''' for ''input'', ''output'', etc.).<br><br>[[Image:input-dialog.png|thumb|right|200px|Graphical '''input dialog box'''.]]
# Make certain that you are in a '''Konsole''' ''terminal window'' (but '''NOT''' connected to your Matrix account).<br><br>
# Issue the following command to '''download''' a shell script called '''week7-demo-1''' from the Internet:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">wget <nowiki>https://matrix.senecacollege.ca/~murray.saul/week7-demo-1</nowiki></span><br><br>
# Issue the '''ls''' command to confirm that the file called '''week7-demo-1'''<br>has been downloaded to your current directory.<br><br>
