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Linux. introduction. Why Linux?. Powerful (remote) shell. Starting with Linux. Start a terminal window. Terminal. Who. Where. What. Details. The Linux Manual pages. penguin@bioinfc01:~> ls –l What does the “ -l ” option do? penguin@bioinfc01:~> man ls NAME
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Linux introduction
Why Linux? Powerful (remote) shell
Starting with Linux Start a terminal window
The Linux Manual pages penguin@bioinfc01:~> ls –l What does the “-l” option do? penguin@bioinfc01:~> man ls NAME ls - list directory contents ... -l use a long listing format …
/home home directories for the users /etc system configuration files /var system log files /bin programs /usr/bin programs /sbin administrator programs /usr/sbin administrator programs /tmp temporary work space /mnt network disks /media CD-rom/DVD/USB sticks
File/Directory permissions penguin@bioinfc01:~> ls -l drwxr-xr-x 2 penguin users … scripts drwxr-xr-x -Directory (yes/no) -right for user, group and others -read, write and execute/open directory owner Access flags group file/directory name user group other
The root account The adminstrator account on a Linux system is called 'root' You need it to install new software