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Welcome to Unix

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OutlineI. getting helpII. the file systemIII. the shellV. email optionsVI. and lesser editorsVII. input and output redirection

VIII.printingIX. process managementX. X

What is it and where do you get it?

• An operating system used on everything from servers to embedded systems.

• Most of the Network users first login to Unix machine before they really access to routers and switches

Where do you get Help

~>man command

• gives you help on that command.

• tells you all man pages that contain keyword.

• Of course .. Google or Wiki

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Files and Directories:Naming something gives you power over it.

Absolute Addressing

Addressing relative to your home dir.

Addressing relative to your current dir.

File system commands

• pwd - report your current directory

• cd <to where> - change your current directory

• ls <directory> -list contents of directory

• cp <old file> <new file> - copy

• mv <old file> <new file> - move (or rename)

• rm <file> -delete a file

• mkdir <new directory name> -make a directory

• rmdir <directory> -remove an empty directory

getting recursive

• remove a directory and its contents:

rm -r <directory>

• copy a directory and its contents:

cp -r <directory>

File permissions.

• There are 3 kinds of people in the world: you (user), your friends (group) and everyone else (other).

• Each sort of person may or may not be able to read, write, or execute a file.

>ls -l .forward-rw-r--r-- 1 darin csua 23 Jan 23 2002 .forwardChown

>ls -l .cshrc.local-rwxr-xr-- 1 darin csua 2988 May 19 00:48 .cshrc.local*

executing

• “executing” a file means running it as a program.

• “executing” a directory means setting your current directory to it using cd.

Changing File Permissions

• make a file readable to your friends:

chmod g+r <filename>

• change who owns a file:

chown <user> <filename>

• change to which group the file belongs:

chgrp <group> <filename>

touch

• look at the full listing again:

>ls -l .forward-rw-r--r-- 1 darin csua 23 Jan 23 2002 .forward

• Each file has a date stamp of when it was modified.

• Use touch to set the timestamp to the current clock.

touch <filename>

• Touch creates the file if it didn’t exist beforehand.

• You can only touch a file to which you can write.

Symbolic Links

• use ln -s <old file> <second name> to create a symbolic link to a file.

>ls -l .forward*-rw-r--r-- 1 darin csua .forwarddrwxr-xr-x 1 darin csua .forward.link@ -> .forward

• The first “l” tells you that it’s a symbolic link.

• Symbolic links can be used as if it were its target.

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what’s a shell?

• The shell is the program that

runs when you log in. It prints

the prompt and reads what you

type, invokes programs, etc.

• your window to the Unix world.

• use “chsh <new shell>” to change your shell

File Globbing

• some commands can work on many files at once:

~> rm file1 file2 file27

• Use * to match any number of unknown characters

~> rm file*

• Use ? to match one unknown character.

~> rm file??

(un)aliasing

• create shortcuts for yourself

~>alias ll “ls -la”

Use alias with no arguments to discover current aliases

~>alias

rm rm -i

ll ls -la

• Type “unalias rm” to remove alias.

shell variables, echo

(tcsh) ~>setenv BOB “joe”

(tcsh) ~>printenv BOB

joe

(tcsh) ~>echo $BOB

joe

PATH: a very important shell variable

>echo $PATH/home/d/da/darin/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/bin/

pbmutils:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/local/X11/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/opt/local/gnu/bin:/opt/local/games/bin:/usr/ucb:./

• If a program (like ls) is in one directory found in your path, then typing it (~>ls <enter>) will execute it.

• Otherwise you can type the full absolute address to execute a program (~>/usr/bin/ls <enter>)

finding things in your PATH.

• Type “which <command>” to find the location of the program which would be run when you type <command>.

• If you don’t remember if it was chgrp or chgroup, type “ch<control-d>” to get a list of commands that starts with ch.

• when all else fails, use “find” to find a file.

~>find <start dir> -name “*.doc”

Other useful pre-defined shell variables

• HOST what computer you’re logged into

• PAGER program used display man pages

• PWD current directory

• GROUP what group you’re in

• USER your login

Shell scripts.

• If you have a bunch of commands you’d like to automate, you can put them on separate lines of a file. Then type “source <file>” to run the script.

• If the first line of your script looks like

#!<program name>then you can make the script executable. When it

executes, it uses <program name> to interpret the contents of the script.

Login scripts

• Most people have a script that executes when they log in. It is commonly used to set up one’s PATH and aliases.

• Ask someone to help you start your own login script.

screen is your friend

• You can use the program “screen” to run several shells from one window.

• create a new shell by pressing <ctrl-a> c

• switch shells by pressing <ctrl-a> <number>

• use “<ctrl-a> d” to detach a session and come back to it later.

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Your Options

• Abstinence

(switch majors, unplug your computer)

• monogamy

(use only one computer, do not use network)

• protection

(also known as encryption)

What not to use.

• telnet, ftp, rlogin

• all your data (including your password) is transmitted plain text over the network.

• from library machines you can use the java ssh client from a web browser.

using ssh keys

• use “ssh-keygen” to generate a public/private set of keys. You keep the private key and append the public key to authorized_keys.

• You can now log in using either your password or the private key file.

using secure copy: scp

• copy local to remotescp <source file> user@machine:<path>

• copy remote to localscp user@machine:<path> <source file>

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the program mail

• “mail”: useful for sending:

>mail darin@csuaSubject: helloCc:hi therethis is a message.

other console based options

• elm - quick and simple, easy to use, but doesn’t handle attachments very well.

• pine - more complete. the “standard”

• mutt - most modern/complex.

accessing mail remotely• netscape, outlook, eudora, and others can get at your mail

using POP or IMAP.

• POP takes the messages off the server to your local computer.

• IMAP only reads headers, but leaves mail how it is on the server. Works well if you wish to use console based email.

• ALWAYS use SSL (encryption).

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vi

• is an editor available on all decent Unix systems. Developed at Berkeley.

• Has two modes: command and insert. In insert mode you can type normally.

• Press escape to get into command mode. In command mode each letter is a command.

hjkl

pico - the pine composer

• the simplest visual editor available on most Unix systems.

• all possible commands displayed at bottom of screen. (control-somethings)

• no real surprises

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STD*

• All terminal programs have:

– standard output, which is usually your screen– standard input, which is usually your keyboard– standard error, which is also the screen

redirect output to a file with >

• If you type who at the prompt, you will get a list of who is logged into the system.

• If you type who >f, a file named f will be created and the standard output of who will be placed in that file instead of to your screen.

> vers >>

• By default, who >f will overwrite the file f.

• Use who >>f to append to f rather than overwriting it.

redirecting input from a file with <

• The program sort will sort its standard input and then print it on standard out.

• To sort the lines of file1 and display:

sort < file1

• To sort the lines of file1 and save in file2:

sort < file1 > file2

The output of one program can be the input to another.

who | sort >file1

• The output of who is sorted and shown on your terminal screen.

grep

• grep shows only those lines containing its search pattern.

• To see all lines in a file containing ‘bob’:

grep ‘Dropped Packet’ < file1 >file2

The cat command

• the arguments to cat are concatenated together and displayed on stdout. To view a file:

cat file1

• if no arguments, cat puts on stdout whatever you type on stdin, so this does the same thing:

cat < file1

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how to print a .ps file

• syntax:

lp -D<printer> <filename>

• example:

lp -Dlw330 myfile.ps

How to check the printer’s queue.

• syntax:

lpq -P<printer_name>

• example:

lpq -Plw330

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To start a process in the background, use “&”.

• example:

big_program > output &

• big_program will not have input!

managing jobs

• To suspend the currently active program, use <control-z>.

• To return to the program you just suspended, type “fg”

• To put the program you just suspended in the background, type “bg”

To see a list of your programs running, type “ps”.

>ps -eaf PID TTY TIME CMD 866 pts/1 00:00:00 tcsh 872 pts/1 00:00:00 ps

use kill to end a process

>ps PID TTY TIME CMD 866 pts/1 00:00:00 tcsh 874 pts/1 00:00:00 cat 875 pts/1 00:00:00 ps

>kill 874[1] Terminated cat

kill -9

• If kill <PID> doesn’t end your process, use kill -9 <PID>