In this lesson, you will learn more details about how Unix-like operating systems operate.
By the end of this lesson, you will:
- Understand how to utilize various Unix commands.
- Know the difference between the four different types of commands.
- Be able to find a command's documentation.
- Understand the input/output redirection process and commands for Unix.
- Understand some of the inner-workings of the shell, such as expansion and quoting.
- Get to know some of the more advanced keyboard tricks, such as command line editing, completion, and using history.
Approximately 2 hours.
- Read chapters 5-8 from the free book The Linux Command Line (PDF) and follow along by entering the commands as directed into a terminal window within your virtual machine.
- Chapter 6 of Beginning Unix
When you have completed and worked through the above readings, please take the Week 2 Lesson 1 Assessment.