The short version of everything I study — key commands and facts by topic, each linking to the full chapter notes.
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TLCL ch. 8 — readline cursor movement/editing, kill and yank, tab completion, and command history/expansion.
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TLCL ch. 9 — users/groups/other, read/write/execute, chmod, umask, special permissions, su/sudo, chown/chgrp, and passwd.
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Full class notes for TLCL ch. 8: readline cursor movement and editing, cut/paste (kill and yank), tab completion, and command history/expansion.
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Full class notes for TLCL ch. 9: users/groups/other, read/write/execute, chmod, umask, special permissions, su/sudo, chown/chgrp, and passwd.
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TLCL chapter 7 — pathname, tilde, arithmetic, parameter and command expansion, plus double quotes, single quotes and backslash escaping.
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Full class notes for TLCL chapter 7: pathname, tilde, arithmetic, parameter and command expansion, then double quotes, single quotes and backslash escaping.
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TLCL chapter 6 — stdin/stdout/stderr, > >> 2> &> and 2>&1 ordering, /dev/null, group commands, pipelines, and the filters uniq, wc, grep, head, tail and tee.
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Full class notes for TLCL chapter 6: standard input, output and error, redirecting and combining streams, /dev/null, group commands, pipelines and the filters uniq, wc, grep, head, tail and tee.
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When you type a command, something has to read it, work out what you mean and ask the operating system to do it. That something is the shell: a program whose whole job is to take keyboard commands and pass them to…
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Linux, like Windows, organises files into a hierarchy of directories (folders) that can contain files and further directories. The first directory is the root directory, written /. Everything else branches out from it.
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Most commands follow the same general shape:
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A graphical file manager is fine for moving one file. But consider this task: copy every HTML file from one directory to another, but only files that don't exist in the destination or are newer than the copies there.…
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When you type a name at the prompt, it can be any one of four things:
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The Linux Command Line ch. 1 — shell vs terminal, reading the prompt, history and editing keys, copy and paste, and your first commands.
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The Linux Command Line ch. 2 — the single directory tree, pwd, ls and cd, absolute vs relative paths, shortcuts, and the rules for filenames.
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The Linux Command Line ch. 3 — ls options and the long listing, command syntax, identifying files with file, paging with less, and a tour of the directory tree.
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The Linux Command Line ch. 4 — wildcards and character classes, mkdir, cp, mv and rm with their key options, and hard vs symbolic links.
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The Linux Command Line ch. 5 — the four kinds of command, type and which, help, man, apropos, whatis and info, and making your own aliases.
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Pre Security module 3 — what an OS does, Windows basics (interface, system tools, apps, files, security settings) and Linux basics, with the commands for each.
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Playground activities from The Linux Command Line (Shotts). Commands plus a screenshot of the terminal.
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