Introduction to Linux: Labs

Welcome to the Introduction to Linux lab!

This time, we're going to discover how to use terminal commands to get work done. Let's get started!

Prep

Hit the keys ctrl+alt+t to open a terminal. You could hit the icon at the top of the screen, but using the keyboard is quicker and easier.

Simple commands

Firstly, we're going to discover the man command. man shows a manual page for a certain topic. Type man pwd <enter> to see what the pwd command does. Use the ⬆️ and ⬇️ keys to scroll around the page, or hit the spacebar to skip a whole page.

Once you've found out what pwd does, hit q to exit the man system. Now, type pwd - what does the output tell you?

Type cd \ <enter>, then try pwd again.

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