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1
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scp

A

Secure copy from one computer to another

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ssh

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Secure shell

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OS Structure

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Linux, Mac, and Windows have m-nary tree file structures

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Bin folder

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Binaries – compiled code

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sudo

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Super user do, used to execute a command as an admin of the system

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~

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Tilde expansion

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Characters in filename expansion

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    • 0 or more characters
      ? - 1 character
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8
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When/where was Unix developed?

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At Bell Labs in the 1970s’

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9
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Who is credited with developing Unix?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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10
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What language was codeveloped with Unix?

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C

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Notable C developers

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Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Brian Kernighan, Joe Ossanna

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Kernighan

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C Bible, written by Ken Thompson and Brian Kernighan

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Principles of Unix

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  • KISS
  • Focus – high product cohesion
  • Filter – handle info between objects to limit coupling
  • Flexibility – allow users to do what they want
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14
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Who created Linux?

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Linux Torvalds

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15
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What was Linux written for?

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The 80x86 processor

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16
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GNU Definition

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GNU’s not Unix

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17
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What was intended to be the standard shell for the GNU system?

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Bash

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18
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What does the Kernel do?

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  • Protect and manage resources
  • Sends messages to the hardware
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19
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What does a shell do?

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Interact with the Kernel

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20
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Notable Shell Distros

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Redhat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Bash

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21
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What is a distrubution

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An OS that includes the Linux kernel and a package management system

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22
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What does the $PATH variable provide?

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A list of directories to search whenever we try to execute a command

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23
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opt

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Optional

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24
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which

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Tells you the path to the executable you are trying to execute

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25
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What is nano?

A

A text editor

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26
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Who developed C?

A

Dennis Ritchie

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27
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C Library Types

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Static and Shared

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28
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Static C Library

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Packaged into the executable and included in every instance of the program

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29
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Shared C Library

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Pulls the library into the program at runtime so multiple programs can use it at the same time

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30
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Linux extension for static libraries

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.a (stands for archive)

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31
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Linux extension for shared libraries

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.so (shared object)

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32
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What is problematic about shared libraries?

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When they are updated, any program that cannot run with the new one will break

33
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What are Bash programs called?

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Bash scripts

34
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Notable shells

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  • sh (Bourne)
  • bash (Bourne again shell)
  • csh (c shell)
  • ksh (Korn shell, created by David Korn)
  • zsh (derivative of the csh)
  • ssh (secure shell)
35
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What does the ssh provide?

A

Encryption

36
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What port does ssh execute from?

37
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What do ports allow?

A

Ports allow multiple services to run on the same network

38
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What port does telnet execute from?

39
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Link types

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Hard link and soft link

40
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Soft Link

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File tells you where another file is

41
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Hard link

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Alias for a file

42
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What kind of links does ln make by default?

A

Hard links

43
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ps

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Reports a snapshot of the current processes

44
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What does export do for variables?

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Export makes env variables available to a child of the original shell

45
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What symbols do each type of quote suppress?

A

” - everything but $, `, \, !
‘ - everything

46
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Numbers for stdin, stdout, and stderr

A

stdin - 0
stdout - 1
stderr - 2

47
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What folder is the trashcan?

48
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Piping (|)

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Takes stdout of one command and redirects it as stdin for the next

49
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What does bash & do?

A

bash & backgrounds the bash process. This allows you to execute commands in the background while continuing to work in the parent shell

50
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fg

A

Puts a process back in the foreground

51
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CTRL-d

A

Indicates the end of a file

52
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lpr

A

Prints files

53
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lpstat

A

Shows printers

53
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$SHELL

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Tells you where the shell is

54
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lprm

A

Cancels jobs in the the queue

55
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$PS1

A

Prompt statement 1

56
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sed

A

Substitutions in ed

57
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grep

A

Global regular expression print

58
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awk

A

Used in this class for cut
awk ‘{ print $1 }’ prints the first column

59
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Regex . meaning

A

Matches any single character

60
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Regex * meaning

A

0 or more of the previous pattern

61
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Regex [^] meaning

A

Negates a range

62
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Regex ^ meaning

A

Anchor to the beginning of a line

63
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Regex $ meaning

A

Anchor to the end of a line

64
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Regex {n,m} meaning

A

A range of min,max

65
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Regex + meaning

A

1 or more of the previous pattern

66
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Regex ? meaning

A

0 or 1 of the previous pattern

67
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Regex () meaning

A

Capture groups

68
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$IFS

A

Internal field separator

69
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$0

A

Name of the script that is executing

70
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$#

A

Number of arguments

71
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$$

A

Process id

72
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$@

A

Space separated list of parameters

73
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$(cmd)

A

Command substitution

74
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What value means true in Bash?

A

0 is true, nonzero is false

75
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$?

A

Return of the previous command

76
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Numerical vs. String operators

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Numerical uses -gt, -lt, -eq, etc. and strings just use the normal operators

77
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set $variable

A

Sets the list value to the value of $@

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