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Linux basics

6 posts, oldest first.

  1. My First Linux Commands: Files, Directories and Users. Early notes on moving, renaming, viewing and deleting files with mv, mkdir, less and rm, plus adding and removing users, with fixes and examples.
  2. Windows (MS-DOS) vs Linux Commands: A Side-by-Side Table. A table of everyday MS-DOS/Windows Command Prompt commands and their Linux equivalents, such as copy and cp, dir and ls, del and rm, with examples.
  3. Basic VI Editor Commands: Open, Insert, Save and Quit. The first vi editor commands a beginner needs: open a file, switch to insert mode, type text, then save or quit, with the original save command corrected.
  4. Basic Linux Administration: Users, Groups and Permissions. Notes on creating users and groups, adding users to groups, reading and changing file permissions with chmod, and what /etc/shadow and /etc/group hold.
  5. Basic Linux Commands Revisited: mv, mkdir, less and useradd. My 2017 cheat sheet of everyday commands (mv, mkdir, less, rm, useradd, userdel), corrected, with how to read files in less and manage user accounts.
  6. How to Create a Cron Job with crontab. The five crontab time fields and their allowed values, how to add jobs with crontab -e and list them with crontab -l, and worked schedule examples.