LINUX BASED NETWORKS
Linux Based Networks
Punjab University Gujranwala Campus
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Today’s Agenda
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Logging In As Root
Regardless of whether you’ve chosen a graphical or console
login screen, you’ll have to supply a login account name and
the password associated with that account.
From a console screen, for example, you’ll see something
like:
Red Hat Linux release 8.0
Kernel 2. xx on an i686
localhost login:root
Password:
yourrootpassword
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Shell Prompt
Now that you have logged in, you will see a shell prompt.
[root@localhost /root]#
This is where you will spend most of your time as system
administrator.
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Logging Out of Root
Just type exit at the prompt, as in:
[root@localhost /root]# logout
or by using the key combination of
[Ctrl]-[D]
Or just type logout at the prompt:
[root@localhost /root]# exit
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System Shutdown
The Need To Shutdown
The Linux operating system keeps the more current versions
of the "table of contents", or inode table, in memory to
speed disk access. If the system is not shutdown properly
the inode table stored in memory is not written to the disk so
the table of contents will not be correct and files will be lost.
Never, under any circumstances, shutdown your
Linux system simply by pressing the power button
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The Three Finger Salute
Shutting down in this matter will forcibly log off any
other users who will lose whatever their working on
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The shutdown Command
#shutdown -h now
The shutdown command is the best option for shutting
down a system with users currently logged on.
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halt Command
#halt
Since they are based on the UNIX operating system, some
versions of Linux allow you to use the commands "fasthalt"
or "haltsys" to immediately bring the system down in a safe
and orderly fashion.
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Rebooting The System
The reboot Command
The "shutdown -r" Command for rebooting the system
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WARNING!
Make certain that you’ve saved your work before
halting or restarting your system from the shell
prompt. Running applications will be closed and you
won’t have the option of saving your work or your
session.
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Changing your Password
Exercise to change your password?
1. Type the command passwd.
2. You will then be asked for a new password.
3. And then asked to confirm that password.
4. Then you will arrive back in the shell.
5. The password you have chosen will take effect
immediately,
6. Replacing the previous password that you used to log in.
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Listing Files (ls)
¾ Type in the command.
[root@localhost /root]#ls
If there were files, you would see their names listed in
columns with no indication of what they are for.
¾ To see a hidden file you have to use the command
[root@localhost /root]#ls -a
¾ Another variant ls -l which lists the contents in long format.
[root@localhost /root]#ls -l
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Output of example [ls –l]
Information Type ls Output
File access permissions -rw-rw-rw-
Number of links 1
User(file owner) root
Group root
File Size (in bytes) 512
Last modification date Feb 6
Last modification time 21:11
Filename myfile
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ls (cont.)
They can be strung together in any way that is convenient for
example ls -a -l, ls -l -a or ls -al | either of these will list all files
in long format.
[root@localhost /root]#ls –a -l
[root@localhost /root]#ls –l -a
[root@localhost /root]#ls -al
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pico -- joe
Simple Text Editor
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joe Text Editor
The ^ represents the control Key
Use ^KH to get help then esc and , and . to
back and forward respectively.
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EXIT
^KX Save and Exit
^C Abort
^KZ Shell
FILE
^KE Edit
^KR Insert
^KD Save
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SEARCH
^KF find Text ^L Find Next
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GO TO
^U Prev. Screen
^V Next Screen
^A Beginning of line
^E End of Line
^KU Top of file
^KV End of File
^KL To Line Number
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BLOCK
^KB Begin
^KK End
^KM Move
^KC Copy
^KW File
^KY Delete
^K/ Filter
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SPELL
^[N Word
^[L File
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System manual pages
You should now use the man command to look up the manual
pages for all the commands that you will learn. Type
# man cp
# man mv
# man rm
# man mkdir
# man rmdir
# man passwd
# man man
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System info pages
You can also type info <command> for help on many basic
commands.
Some packages will however not have info pages.
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Manipulating directories
cd — change directories
The cd command is used to take you to different directories.
#cd directory1/directory2
And similarly you can get back to where you were with
#cd ..
By simply typing cd you get back to your home directory no
matter where ever you are
#cd
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The "more" Command
# ls | more
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The "less" Command
#ls | less
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Make directories [mkdir]
#mkdir java
#mkdir –p java/javaservers/apachi
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Directories [pwd]
The command pwd stands for present working directory
(also called the current directory) and is used to tell you
what directory you are currently in.
#pwd
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Directories [rmdir]
rmdir—Remove empty directories
#rmdir –p dir1/dir2/dir3
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Directories [rm]
rm—Remove files
#rm –rf filename
#rm –rf directoryname
Both commands are dangerous to use as a root user
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Relative vs. absolute pathnames
A command that requires a file name can be given the file in
two ways.
If you are in the same directory as the file
# cp myfile newfile
Otherwise, you can enter the full path name, like
# cp /home/jack/myfile /home/jack/newfile
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Relative and Absolute paths
For example I as root user want to copy a file from /etc
directory to our home directory
#cp /etc/passwd ./profile (Absolute path)
#cp ../etc/passwd . (Relative path)
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Directories [cp]
SYNOPSIS
cp [options] source dest
OPTIONS
–P, —parents the command cp —parents a/b/c existing_dir
copies the file a/b/c to existing_dir/a/b/c,
creating any missing intermediate directories.
–p, —preserve Preserve the original files’ owner, group,
permissions, and timestamps.
-r Copy directories recursively, copying all non
directories as if they were regular files.
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Basics of Wildcards
Wildcards Meaning
* Match any sequence of one or more characters.
? Match any single character.
[] Match one of the enclosed characters or range.
Example Meaning
Jo* Files that begin with Jo
Jo*y Files that begin Jo and end in y
UL*l*s.c Files that begin with UL, contain an l and end in
s.c
?.h All files that begin with a single character
followed by .h
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Basics of Wildcards (cont…)
Example Meaning
Doc[0-9].txt Files with the names Doc0.txt,Doc1.txt…..,
Doc9.txt.
Doc0[A-Z].txt Files with the names Doc0A.txt,Doc0B.txt,
Doc0Z.txt.
ls [A-M]* list the files that begin with A through M
[a-dJW-Y]* matches all files beginning with a, b, c, d, J, W,
X or Y.
*[a-d]id matches all files ending with aid, bid, cid or did.
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Some useful commands [clear]
The clear command clears your terminal and returns the
command line prompt to the top of the screen.
[root@localhost /root]# clear
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bc
A calculator program that handles arbitrary precision (very
large) numbers. It is useful for doing any kind of calculation
on the command line. It use is left as an exercise.
[root@localhost /root]# bc
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cal [[0-12] 1--9999]
Prints out a nicely formatted calendar of the current month, or
a specified month, or a specified whole year.
[root@localhost /root]# cal 1947
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whoami
Prints out your login name.
[root@localhost /root]#whoami
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date
Prints out the current date and time.
[root@localhost /root]#date
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df Stands for disk free
This tells you how much free space is left on your system.
[root@localhost /root]# df -h
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free Prints out available free memory.
You will notice two listings: swap space and physical
memory.
[root@localhost /root]# free
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uname
Prints out the name of the Unix operating system you
are currently using.
[root@localhost /root]# uname -a
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wc
wc [-c] [-w] [-l] <filename>
Counts the number characters/bytes (with -c), words
(with -w) or lines (with-l) in a file.
[root@localhost /root]# wc –c /etc/passwd
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Using cat command to create files
Start cat to see what this means. At the shell prompt, type:
[newuser@localhost /newuser]# cat
The cursor moves to a blank line. Now, in that blank
line, let’s type:
stop by sneaker store
and press the [Enter] key. Your screen will look like:
[newuser@localhost /newuser]# cat
stop by sneaker store
stop by sneaker store
To quit cat now, press the [Ctrl] and [D] keys at the
same time.
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Cat
Standard Input & Standard Output
But cat has just demonstrated the definition of standard input
and standard output.
Your input was read from the keyboard (standard input), and
that input was then directed to your terminal (standard
output).
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Using Redirection
Redirection means causing the shell to change what it
considers standard input or where the standard output is
going.
To redirect standard output, we’ll use the > symbol. Placing
> after the cat command
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Let’s try Redirection.
[newuser@localhost /newuser]# cat >sneakers.txt
buy some sneakers
then go to the coffee shop
Then buy some coffee
Now press [Enter] to go to an empty line, and use the
[Ctrl]-[D] keys to quit cat.
You can even use cat to read the file, by typing at the prompt.
[newuser@localhost /newuser]#cat sneakers.txt
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Caution
You can easily overwrite an existing file! Make sure the name
of the file you’re creating doesn’t match the name of a pre-
existing file, unless you want to replace it.
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Exercise
Create another file named home.txt having the following
contents
bring the coffee home
take off shoes
put on sneakers
make some coffee
relax!
Check the file using cat command ?
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Joining Files and Redirecting Output
[user@localhost /user]# cat sneakers.txt home.txt > myfile
Now it’s time to check our handiwork. Type:
[newuser@localhost /newuser]# cat myfile
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Appending Standard Output
when you use >>, you’re adding information, rather than
replacing it.
Type
#cat home.txt >> sneakers.txt
Now let’s check the file by typing:
#cat sneakers.txt
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Redirecting Standard Input
Just type:
#cat < sneakers.txt
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Using Output Redirection with Other commands
Type
$ date > date.dat
$ cat date.dat
$ ls > list.dat
$ cat list.dat
Now combine these two files in file name
combo
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The tee Utility
You can use the tee utility in a pipe to send the output of a
command to a file while also sending the output to standard
output.
The utility takes a single input and sends the output in two
directions.
$ ls-l | tee who.out
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touch command
This command updates the timestamp of a file or directory. If
the named file does not exists, it will be created empty.
# touch file or directory
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Determining file type
file <filename>
This command prints out the type of data contained in a file.
# file portrate.jpg
will tell you that portrate.jpg is a JPEG image data,
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Access statistics of a file or directory
You can use the stat program to get statistics on a file or
directory. For example:
#stat /tmp
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which command
To locate the exact path of a program, you can use the which
command
Type
#which httpd
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cmp
Syntax:
cmp [-Is] file1 file2
This command will compare the contents of two files. If there
are no differences within the two files, cmp by default will be
silent.
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cmp
To demonstrate, filel.txt contains:
this is file 1
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
and file2.txt contains:
this is file 2
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
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Demonstration of cmp
[root@localhost /root]# cmp file1.txt file2.txt
file1.txt file2.txt differ: char 14, line 1
The results of cmp correctly identify character 14, line 1 as the
unequal character between the two files.
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head
Syntax:
head [-count | -n number] filename
This command will display the first few lines of a file. By
default, the first 10 lines of a file are displayed.
However, you could use the preceding options to specify a
different number of lines.
[root@localhost /root]# head -2 doc.txt
# Outline of future projects
ff Last modified: 02/02/99
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tail
[root@localhost /root]# tail -50 doc.txt
[root@localhost /root]# tail -r doc.txt
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locate
An alternative command is locate <filename>. This searches through
a previously created database of all the files on the system, and hence
finds files instantaneously.
Its counterpart updatedb is used to update the database of files used
by locate. On some systems updatedb runs automatically every day at
04h00.
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