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# Issue the '''ls -l''' command for this file to confirm execution permissions were properly added.<br><br>
# Issue the following: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">./week7-demo-1</span><br><br>Did the shell script run?<br><br>'''NOTE:''' The shell script uses the '''zenity''' command to create dialog boxes. Although you may need to install this application in other Linux distributions, it is automatically included with the Knoppix distribution. We don't learn about the ''zenity'' command in this course, but here is a link to some simple examples using this command in case you are interested: [https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiKztuinuruAhXwm-AKHSGnCq8QFjAAegQIBBAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.cdot.senecacollege.ca%2Fwiki%2FHow_to_Use_Zenity&usg=AOvVaw3pDy1Afw8Vw9-09cs5zE6Y How to Use Zenity]<br><br>
# Issue the Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">exit</span> to '''close''' the '''Konsole''' terminal window.<br><br><table align="right"><tr valign="top"><td>[[Image:knoppix-wiki.png|thumb|right|150px|'''Knoppix WIKI''' in the '''Firefox''' web-browser.]]</td><td>[[Image:libreoffice.png|thumb|right|280px|The '''LibreOffice''' word processor.]]</td></table>
# Use the ''Knoppix start menu'' and search the '''Internet''' submenu to launch the '''firefox''' web-browser.<br><br>
# In the web-browser, go to the '''Google''' website and perform a Net-search on '''Knoppix wiki'''.<br><br>
# When finishing browsing the Knoppix WIKI, '''close''' the ''Firefox'' web-browser.<br><br>[[Image:libreoffice.png|thumb|right|280px|The '''LibreOffice''' application is the default word processor.<br>]]
# Use the ''Knoppix start menu'' to select '''Office''' and then select '''LibreOffice - Writer'''<br>to launch a word processor application.<br><br>
# Create a small document and '''save''' changes to the file '''mydoc''' to your home directory,<br>and '''exit''' the Libreoffice word processing document.<br><br>
