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[https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/hpc.nrw/ap2/tutorials/linux/-/blob/master/Slides/Linux_Intro/Linux_Intro.pdf Linux Introduction]  Slides 33 - 48 (16 pages)
 
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        Windows: drive letter + backslash (C:)
 
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        Linux: standard tree directory structure
 
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        Absolute path: starts with /
 
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        Relative path: w.r.t. working directory
 
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        Animation for directory structure
 
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        example directories
 
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        everything is a file: /dev and /proc
 
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        program/script can be found with which
 
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        special directories: ., .. and ~
 
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        cd command
 
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        specific commands: Ctrl+key (C, Z, D), exit and clear
 
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Revision as of 11:11, 5 October 2020

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Quiz

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1. Which one is the top directory in Linux?

/
/home
C:\


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2. The command cd without arguments : if you start in var/log/ and run cd with no arguments, what do you expect will happen?

Nothing it stays in /var/log/
It goes to your home directory
It goes to the filesystem root
The shell stops having a working directory
It’s an error
The shell prompt turns into a shark and eats you


Warning:  no undo and make sure what you want to do (page 48)

Exercises in Terminal (slide 49)

1. Go to a specific subfolder of a folder (example: cd Documents/courses/ ) and get back to the home directory using cd command. List 3 different ways to do it using one command. check after every action your path with pwd command.

2. Go to the directory /tmp and jump between /tmp and your home directory back and forth. check after every action your path with pwd command.
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