Help with Basic Linux Commands
New to linux? A reader today said "I need to know some of the basic commands for a linux server that I accquired." Turns out I wrote the book on Linux. Well, one of them anyway...

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My book "The No BS Guide to Linux" is now online, in full text format.
Lowfat Linux is a tutorial for Linux, a version of Unix that runs on ordinary personal computers. I created it for people who want to learn the basics of using Linux, and thereby Unix, without getting bogged down in too much detail or technobabble.
Because Unix is the foundation for much of the Internet, many people are using or encountering it nowadays. As the Internet grows, Unix will become more popular, creating an array of new opportunities. If you're simply curious, looking to gain new job skills, or thinking about Linux as a low-cost platform for operating your own Internet server, you'll benefit from this knowledge.
This site has been carefully crafted and edited so that both the novice and the more experienced computer user will get what they want -- the know-how to use Linux effectively.
You'll find plain-English information here about using Linux on a personal computer or on a shell account provided by your Internet Service Provider. After a brief history and overview of Linux, you'll find a concise and occasionally light-hearted treatment of these topics:
- File systems
- Useful commands
- Text editors
- Data manipulation
- Shell programming
- Email tools
- Compression, Encoding and Encyyption
- Accesing DOS and Windows Files
- Adding & Removing Software with RPM
The site is free to browse or search, at http://LowfatLinux.com. That should get you started!
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Posted by Bob Rankin on June 20, 2005 10:20 AM
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Hi, can you help me on the following questions? Thanks 1.To search for short descriptions and manual names for the Unix command containing the keyword “chat”, you issue the Unix command: a)man chat 2.Which of the following are features of the Unix OS? a)Allow more that one person to communication with the computer. 3.Assuming that the user is currently in their home directory, which of the following Unix commands will copy the entire contents of the user’s home directory (including subdirectory contents) to a directory called ~/backup? a)copy ~ ~/backup 4.Which of the following Unix commands will change permissions for all files contained in the directory pathname ~/unx122/samples to allow full permissions for the user, read and execute permissions for group and others? a)chmod 711 ~/unx122/samples 5.Which of the following Unix commands will display lines 3 to 7 of a 10 line file called fun that is contained in your current directory? a)head –7 fun | tail -5 4.A command that could be used to determine if a filename is a directory is: a)type 5.When displaying the contents of a text file (while being in “vi” editor), one screen at a time, to find the word "pipe" enter: a)find pipe 8.What will happen if the following Unix command is issued: sort yourfile | tail -25 > abc a)The last 25 lines (sorted in alphabetical order) will be stored in file abc overwriting the previous file content. 9.The octal number 7325 represents ______________ as a binary number. a)111011010101 10.Assume that the following Unix commands have just been issued: $ touch myfile What are the permissions for the file myfile that was just created? a)r – x r – x - - - a)Q 12.Which of the following Unix commands will display all lines in the file called report that begin with 3 numbers? a)grep “$[0-9][0-9][0-9]” report 13.What does TCP/IP stand for? a)Transmission Content Packet / Internet Packet 14.A shell script can perform the following task(s): a)Is used to automatically run routine Unix commands. 15.Which of the following environment variables contains your primary Unix prompt: a)HOME 16.Which of the following environment variables contains your login shell: a)LOGIN
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