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Linux: System Information and Directory Structure Tools

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Learn to query the operating system and navigate the filesystem using command line tools. Also learn how to edit files with vim and nano text editors.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Gather system information in Linux
  • What you should know
1. Getting Help
  • Learning Linux command syntax
  • Get help on the CLI
  • Get help on the GUI
  • Find help online
2. Getting System Information
  • Gather information about the OS
  • Gather information about hardware
  • Get information about processes
  • Get process information graphically
  • Get information about systemd services
  • Read system logs
3. Navigating File Systems
  • Listing files
  • Using globs to match file patterns
  • Exploring the Linux file system
  • Understanding file system paths
  • Finding files with locate
  • Finding files using find
4. Analyzing Files
  • What is a file?
  • Getting information about files
  • About extended attributes
  • Getting extended attributes
  • Reading files
  • Searching in files with grep
  • Archiving files with tar and cpio
  • Compressing files
5. Editing Text
  • Getting familiar with nano
  • An introduction to Vim
  • Editing text in Vim
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Grant McWilliams

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