NWP lab2

Question 1

finger

Answer 1

Used to display information about local and remote users. (Similar to who)

Question 2

ifconfig –a:

Answer 2

Displays the status of all interfaces, even those that are down. (show ip address)

Question 3

kill -9 2168

Answer 3

The kill command is used to terminate processes without having to log out or reboot (restart) the computer. 2168 is the PID of the process.

Question 4

the difference between bash and ksh (korn shell)

Answer 4

Bash is the standard shell for common users (linux) while korn shell is a Unix shell.

Question 5

ksh

Answer 5

Used to change execution method to ksh

Question 6

how to exit ksh

Answer 6

Used to exit ksh

Question 7

Scripts

Answer 7

Scripts are collections of commands that are stored in a file. The shell can read this file and act on the commands as if they were typed at the keyboard.

Question 8

vi test.sh

Answer 8

Short for visual text editor. Create test.sh (script) file, it is an interactive text editor. The screen acts as a window.

Question 9

To execute vi test.sh

Answer 9

Go to ls –l (you must change the permission of the file using chmod command) ls-l (notice how the coloe changed) >./test.sh (to execute) >:q (to exit text editor)

Question 10

Used to display information about local and remote users. (Similar to who)

Answer 10

finger

Question 11

Displays the status of all interfaces, even those that are down. (show ip address)

Answer 11

ifconfig –a:

Question 12

The kill command is used to terminate processes without having to log out or reboot (restart) the computer. 2168 is the PID of the process.

Answer 12

kill -9 2168

Question 13

Bash is the standard shell for common users (linux) while korn shell is a Unix shell.

Answer 13

the difference between bash and ksh (korn shell)

Question 14

Used to change execution method to ksh

Answer 14

ksh

Question 15

Used to exit ksh

Answer 15

how to exit ksh

Question 16

Scripts are collections of commands that are stored in a file. The shell can read this file and act on the commands as if they were typed at the keyboard.

Answer 16

Scripts

Question 17

Short for visual text editor. Create test.sh (script) file, it is an interactive text editor. The screen acts as a window.

Answer 17

vi test.sh

Question 18

Go to ls –l (you must change the permission of the file using chmod command) ls-l (notice how the coloe changed) >./test.sh (to execute) >:q (to exit text editor)

Answer 18

To execute vi test.sh