Linux Administration/Commands/Command Line

This lesson covers the command line.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the command line portion of Linux+ certification include:

• Work on the command line
  • Use single shell commands and one- line command sequences to perform basic tasks on the command line
  • Use and modify the shell environment including defining, referencing and exporting environment variables
  • Use and edit command history
  • Invoke commands inside and outside the defined path
  • The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
    • bash
    • echo
    • env
    • export
    • pwd
    • set
    • unset
    • man
    • uname
    • history
    • .bash_history

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Shell (computing)
2. Wikipedia: Bash (Unix shell)
3. Wikipedia: echo (command)
4. Wikipedia: env
5. Wikipedia: pwd
6. Wikipedia: man page
7. Wikipedia: uname
8. Wikipedia: history (command)

Activities

1. Complete the tutorial IBM: Learn Linux, 101: The Linux command line

References

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