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This part of the Linux tutorial shows possibilies of system configuration a normal user can do without having route access. Typical aspects in this context like reading system information files, defining aliases, adjusting configuration files and working with locales are taught in this chapter.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:11, 27 November 2020

Tutorial
Title: Introduction to Linux in HPC
Provider: HPC.NRW

Contact: tutorials@hpc.nrw
Type: Multi-part video
Topic Area: HPC Platforms
License: CC-BY-SA
Syllabus

1. Background and History
2. The Command Line
3. Linux Directory Structure
4. Files
5. Text display and search
6. Users and permissions
7. Processes
8. The vim text editor
9. Shell scripting
10. Environment variables
11. System configuration
12. SSH Connections
13. SSH: Graphics and File Transfer
14. Various tips

This part of the Linux tutorial shows possibilies of system configuration a normal user can do without having route access. Typical aspects in this context like reading system information files, defining aliases, adjusting configuration files and working with locales are taught in this chapter.

Video

( Slides as pdf)

Quiz

In which system file could you find the CPU information of a Linux computer?

/dev/cpuinfo
/sys/cpuinfo
/proc/cpuinfo


Warning:  Be very careful, when editing configuration files. A faulty configuration file may prevent a user from login to computer


Note: Exercises in Terminal: no exercises in this section


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