Chapter 9 Recap

Throughout this practical we have covered the topics:

  • Linux
    • Multiuser Multitasking OS
    • User, Shell and Kernel
  • Running commands on the command line
    • Search engines, cheat sheets and manual pages
    • Commands: man
  • Useful Linux practice and commands
    • Tab complete
    • Up and Down arrow keys to access history
    • ‘Ctrl’ + ‘c’ to stop a command
    • Commands: clear
  • Files and Directories
    • Navigating through directory structure and looking at files with paths
    • Commands: cd, pwd, ls, mkdir
  • Manipulating files i.e. creating, copying, moving, deleting
    • Commands: cp, mv, rm
  • Looking at files
    • Commands: cat, head, tail, less, wc, grep
  • Text editor
    • Commands: nano

Note: There is a cheatsheet at the end of this book with these commands.