>> nerdcafe Vetomat 26.7.2010 snufu/fuzzy speach, Zbog report
SHELL BASICS N°3
[c]$ ncal -w[/c]
calendar for the current week (it shows the all month)
[c]$ red[/c]
open a (strange) text editor in the terminal to go out: q + enter
[c]$ mcedit filename[/c]
the famous midnight-command editor (apt-get install mc)
[c]$ mc[/c]
clone of an oldschool filemanager
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[c]$ tput[/c]
initialize a terminal
[c]$ reset[/c]
query terminfo database
(clear the complete terminal window)
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[c]$ cp "source" "destination"[/c]
copy files in directory (is an automatic paste)
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[c]$ mkdir "name"[/c]
make directory “name”
[c]$ ls -l[/c]
list all the files and folders in the directory
(-l) use a long listing format
as the details mode in a location window
[c]$ ls -l "directory-name"[/c]
is giving the list of the called directory
[c]$ pwd[/c]
Print Working Directory
shows the actual folder content
[c]$ cd ..[/c]
go one level up
[c]$ if cd /somewhere; then date;[/c]
Only if there is cd folder called like so then show the date
[c]$ echo mario > test/.secret[/c]
with the point on the new name it will create a hidden file that is normally not shown in the interface and in the command ls
[c]$ ls -a[/c]
to recall a hidden file in a list -a
[c]$ echo /.*[/c]
will call also all the hidden files
[c]./[/c]
it represents the current directory
[c]../[/c]
it represents the parent directory
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[c]$ rm filename[/c]
remove file
[c]$ rm /dir/[/c]
remove folder
[c]$ rm -r foldername[/c]
empty the directory (delete the files but keep the folder)
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[c]$ set -x[/c]
[c]$ set +x[/c]
set
start the behavior session
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the commmand string is printed on screen before the execution
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the command string session will not show anymore the command screen
[c]$ echo foo | cat[/c]
“pipe echo foo into cat” write the info foo into the file and show the content (cat)
the 2 commands are connected to eatch other and have the same content
Report of Linux-works shell meeting in Vetomat 26.Juli.2010
