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Command-Line Basics In Linux

Posted on December 14, 2009 - Filed Under Self Help | Leave a Comment

This is one of the most important features in any Linux machines. If your an admin you basically do anything with it. The Linux system already has a bunch of commands and new ones are added by programmers and coders often. You will learn a common element in the Linux Command Line. You will also learn the basic structure of the commands.

Command Structure

The first line will always contain the machine/computers name. The next will be the directory that the user is currently in. And the last thing in the structure is a mark that indicates your user type root or normal.

So if your machine is called UPP and the directory your in is home, your a root user. This is what you would see UPP:~ #

When you see a # it means the user is a root, it can do anything. If you see anything else than a “#“, it is a normal user. The command-line is where the normal user has limited options. A basic thing a normal user cannot do is, format hard disks. But you can mount a USB, it all depends but you can become Root if you want anyway.

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