Rwlove cli - Revision history

Rwlove at 19:29, 3 December 2011

2011-12-03T19:29:50Z

Rwlove at 19:11, 3 December 2011

2011-12-03T19:11:55Z

Rwlove at 19:03, 3 December 2011

2011-12-03T19:03:44Z

New page

1) Intro
* Myself- qualification, only volunteer
* System - network boot, command line basics (user,host,pwd)

2) Basic Options
* ls
* ls -l
* go over columns in long output, permissions if the class is savvy
* explain hidden files, they're not malicious
* ls -a
* see the hidden files
* how to know what options are available, man ls
* man man question

3) Manual pages
* navigation - up, down, pgup, pgdown, home, end, q, right, left, don't get lost over to the right!
* SYNOPSIS - bracketed items, non bracketed items, ...
* DESCRIPTION - short and long style options, show '-a' see it describes the behavior we saw
* q, to quit
* ls --all, see it's the same as '-a'

4) Advanced Options
* ..., meant more than one option, do 'ls -l -a'
* why do '--all' when you can get away with '-a' 5 vs 2 keystrokes
* multiple options, 'ls -la'
* cannot do this with long style options
* can do short-condensed and long-not-condensed
* add more options, 'ls -lah', 'ls -lahQ'

5)

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   * Question: Can you list the contents of the root/var directory? A: 'ls /var'
   * Question: Can you list the contents of the root/var/log directory? A: 'ls /var/log', this is where the system log files exist
 ) Options and paths

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−	5)	+	5) Paths
		+	* paths describe how to get from one directory to a directory or file
		+	* example, pwd
		+	* explain root basics, it's the bottom most directory
		+	* explain, home is in root, disklessXXX is in home
		+	* explain root fully, do with hands or board to illustrate directory heirarchy
		+
		+	6) Look around a bit
		+	* Question: Can you list the contents of the root directory? A: 'ls /'
		+	* Question: Can you list the contents of the root/var directory? A: 'ls /var'
		+	* Question: Can you list the contents of the root/var/log directory? A: 'ls /var/log', this is where the system log files exist
		+	*
		+
		+	7) Options and paths