UNIX: Exercise Sheet 1
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Log on a Linux machine or connect to one from a
Windows machine (e.g. click on the Exceed icon and then use putty to
connect to the server kiwi.
Enter your login (user name) and password at relevant prompts.
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Enter these commands at the UNIX prompt, and try to interpret
the output. Ask questions and don't be afraid to experiment (as a normal
user you cannot do much harm):
- echo hello world
- passwd
- date
- hostname
- arch
- uname -a
- dmesg | more(you may need to press q to quit)
- uptime
- who am i
- who
- id
- last
- finger
- w
- top (you may need to press q to quit)
- echo $SHELL
- echo {con,pre}{sent,fer}{s,ed}
- man "automatic door"
- man ls (you may need to press q to quit)
- man who (you may need to press q to quit)
- who can tell me why i got divorced
- lost
- clear
- cal 2000
- cal 9 1752(do you notice anything unusual?)
- bc -l(type quit or press Ctrl-d to quit)
- echo 5+4 | bc -l
- yes please(you may need to press Ctrl-c to quit)
- time sleep 5
- history
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