Thursday, 4 February 2016

Linux For Everyone - Basics and Commands



Definition of Operating System:
Operating System (OS)
        • Software interface between the user and the computer hardware 
        • Controls the execution of other programs 
        • Responsible for managing multiple computer resources (CPU, memory, disk, display,                         keyboard, etc.) 
        • Examples of OS: Windows, Unix/Linux, OS X

Linux OS working
        Hardware Kernel Shell, editors, etc. Compiler components Compiler Other utilities 
        • Linux has a kernel and one or more shells
        • The shell is the command line interface through which the user interacts with the OS. Most                  commonly used shell is “bash”
        • The kernel sits on top of the hardware and is the core of the OS; it receives tasks from the                  shell and performs them.

Linux File System 
        • A directory in Linux is similar to a “Folder” in Windows OS • Files are organized into                         directories and sub-directories 
        • In Linux, paths begin at the root directory which is the top-level of the file system and is                      represented as a forward slash ( / ) 
        • Forward slash is used to separate directory and file names


Commands:
Basic Commands (1)
        • To print the name of the current/working directory, use the pwd command
                 login4$ pwd /share/home/01698/rauta 

        • To make a new directory, use the mkdir command
                login4$ mkdir ssc222 

        • To change your working directory, use the cd command
                login4$ cd ssc222

Basic Commands (2)
        • To create a new file use the vi command
                login4$ vi test.txt 
                – Press i to start inserting text
                – Type some text: Hello Class 222
                – To save and quit, press “ Esc ” key, and enter :wq! (press the enter key after typing :wq!)
                – To quit without saving, press “ Esc ” key if in insert mode, and enter “ :q! ”

        • To display the contents of the file, use the cat short for concatenation) command
                login4$ cat test.txt 

Basic Commands (3)
        • To list the contents of a directory, use the ls command
                login4$ ls 

        • To see all files and directories, including hidden ones use the -a flag with the ls command.                 Hidden files have a “.” in front of them
               login4$ ls –a

Basic Commands (4)
        • To copy contents of one file to another, use the cp command
                login4$ cp test.txt copytest.txt 
                login4$ cp test.txt test3.txt 

        One more example:
                login4$ mkdir junk 
                login4$ cp test.txt ./junk/test2.txt 
        (The command above copies a file to the sub-directory junk)
                login4$ cd junk login4$ ls login4$ cd ..

        • To go a level up from the current working directory
                login4$ cd .. 

Exercise -1
        • Run the following commands to make a directory:
                login1$ mkdir ssc229 
                login1$ cd ssc229 

        • Create a file using vi command in ssc229 (see slide 15)
                login1$ vi test.txt 

        • Run the following commands in the ssc229 directory
                login1$ cp test.txt test2.txt 
                login1$ mkdir junk 
                login1$ mkdir junk2 
                login1$ cp test2.txt ./junk/test2.txt 
                login1$ cp test2.txt ./junk2/test2.txt 
                login1$ ls

        • Run the following commands starting from the ssc229 directory that you created above
                login1$ ls 
                login1$ cd junk 
                login1$ ls login1$ cd .. 
                login1$ cd junk2 
                login1$ ls login1$ cd .. 
                login1$ ls 
                login1$ cp test.txt test3.txt

Basic Commands (5) 
        • To remove a file, use the rm command
                 login4$ rm test2.txt 

        • To remove a directory, use the “ –r ” option with the rm command
                login4$ rm –r junk2 

        • You can also use the rmdir command to remove an empty directory
                login4$ rmdir junk2 

         Note: rmdir command does not have –r option

Basic Commands (6) 
        • A file can be renamed by moving it. The same can be achieved by using the mv command
                login4$ mv test3.txt newtest3.txt 

        • Use the man command to get more information about a command – it is like using help in                 Windows                 
                login4$ man rmdir 

        • Use the diff command to see the differences in two files
                login4$ diff test.txt newtest3.txt 

Basic Commands (7) 
        • Previously executed commands in a shell can be viewed by using the history command.
        For example:
                login4$ history
                          1 man ls
                          2 ls -ltr
                          3 ls -l -t -r
                          4 ls -ltr
                          5 history

Basic Commands (8) 
        • If the contents to display are more than one page, you could use the more/less command for                 paging through text a screenful at a time

                login4$ more test.txt 
                login4$ less test.txt 

         (less allows both fwd and bwd movement)

Basic Commands (9) 
        Creating a tarball
        • TAR (Tape Archive) command bundles files and subdirectories together and creates an                        archive (known as tar file or tarball)
        • To create a tarball of all the files and sub-directories in the directory ssc229 that you created                in Exercise 1, use c flag:
                tar -cvf mytar.tar * 
        • To extract the contents of a tar file use x flag:

                login1$ tar -xvf mytar.tar 

Basic Commands (10) 
        Creating a Compressed tarball
        • To compress the tar file as it is being created use z flag with c flag :
                login1$ tar -cvzf mytar.tar.gz *

        • To extract the contents of a compressed tar file use x flag:
                login1$ tar -xvf mytar.tar.gz 26 

Note: the c, v, and f flags mean create a new archive, be verbose so that the files being archived are listed, and write the archive to a file.

Other Directives 
        • “ < ” symbol is used for input redirection
                mail -s "SSC 222/292" rauta@tacc.utexas.edu < test.txt 

        • “ >> ” symbol is used for appending output to a file
                login4$ cat test3.txt >> test.txt 

        • “ ; ” is used to execute multiple commands in one step
                login4$ clear;date

Adding Content to a File 
        • You can add content to a file as follows
                login4$ cat > test.txt 
        This is what I am entering from the console
                CTRL-D 
                login4$ cat test.txt 
        This is what I am entering from the console
        • You can append content to a file as follows
                login4$ cat >> test.txt 
        Appending more lines
                CTRL-D

Check Username and Group 
        • Three types of users: owner or user, group, all others
        • To check the login name use the command whoami or echo $USER
        • To check the groups you are a member of use the command groups 
        • To check your user id, or group id use the command id 

File Permissions (1) 
        • Users typically perform the following operations on files:
                – Read files (using more, cat, etc.)
                – Write files (using >, vi, etc.)
                – Execute commands in a file (executables, etc.)

        • Each file has three permissions – read, write and execute (rwx)

        • Person creating the file is the owner or user and can modify permissions as desired
                – Owner can modify permissions on files to grant or revoke access to other users

File Permissions (2) 
        • To check the file permissions use the -l flag with the ls command
                login4$ ls -l 
                total 24 
                drwx------ 2 rauta G-25072 4096 Jan 17 14:07 junk 
                drwx------ 2 rauta G-25072 4096 Jan 17 14:15 junk2 
                -rw------- 1 rauta G-25072 65 Jan 17 13:59 test.txt

File Permissions (3) 
        chmod command is used to change permissions on a file

        • To add specific permission use chmod +
                – To add write permission to all users use:
                chmod a+w filename 
                – To add read permission to only the users in your group use:
                chmod g+r filename 
                – To make a file executable and runnable by any user
                chmod a+x myfile 

        • To remove specific permission use chmod

        • Add and remove permissions can be combined in a single step
                – chmod u+x,g+r,o-rwx filename Note: u = user or owner, g = group, o = other

File Permissions (4) 
        • Instead of using alphabets u, g, o for user, group, and others we can use numbers to specify file permissions
                rwx = 111 = 7 
                rw- = 110 = 6 
                r-x = 101 = 5 
                r-- = 100 = 4 
                -wx = 011 = 3 
                -w- = 010 = 2 
                --x = 001 = 1 
                --- = 000 = 0 
        • Note that:
                 chmod go+rx filename = chmod 755 filename 

Directory Permissions 
        • To check the contents of a file with ls command, you would need read permission
        • To add or remove files in a directory, you would need write and execute permission
        • To change to a directory or to go through its contents, you would need execute permission
        • To list files in a directory using ls –l command you would need read and execute permissions

Installation/FromUSBStick/Ubuntu/Linux : 
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick



Thanks University Of TEXAS





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