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| Then at the UNIX prompt, type, | Then at the UNIX prompt, type, |
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| <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ cp /media/MEMORYSTICK/linuxtut/science.txt .</cli> | <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ cp /media/MEMORYSTICK/unixtut/science.txt .</cli> |
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| (Note: Don't forget the dot . at the end. Remember, in UNIX, the dot means the current directory.) | (Note: Don't forget the dot . at the end. Remember, in UNIX, the dot means the current directory.) |
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| <note>The directory **/media/MEMORYSTICK/linuxtut/** is your USB memory stick where you expanded these tutorial files prior to starting up the Ubuntu Live CD. You should replace //MEMORYSTICK// by the name assigned to your memory stick by Ubuntu (it will be the //volume name// of the memory stick assigned by windows) when it started up. If you don't have a memory stick, you can grab a copy of the file [[/~eechris/eg-253/unixtut/science.txt|here]]. Use ''**File→Save Page As...**'' from the menu bar to save it to your desktop (**~/Desktop**) then use ''cp'' to copy it to your **unixstuff** directory.) | <note>The directory **/media/MEMORYSTICK/unixtut/** is your USB memory stick where you expanded these tutorial files prior to starting up the Ubuntu Live CD. You should replace //MEMORYSTICK// by the name assigned to your memory stick by Ubuntu (it will be the //volume name// of the memory stick assigned by windows) when it started up. If you don't have a memory stick, you can grab a copy of the file [[http://www.cpjobling.org.uk/eg-253/unixtut/science.txt|here]]. Use ''**File→Save Page As...**'' from the menu bar to save it to your desktop (**~/Desktop**) then use ''cp'' to copy it to your **unixstuff** directory.) |
| <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ cp ~/Desktop/science.txt .</cli> </note> | <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ cp ~/Desktop/science.txt .</cli> </note> |
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| Another way to get the ''science.txt'' file is using the //command line web client// ''wget'': | <note>Another way to get the ''science.txt'' file is using the //command line web client// ''wget'': |
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| <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ wget http://www.cpjobling.org.uk/~eechris/eg-253/unixtut/science.txt</cli> | <cli>ubuntu@ubuntu:~/unixstuff$ wget \ |
| | http://www.cpjobling.org.uk/eg-253/unixtut/science.txt .</cli></note> |
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| ==== Exercise 2a ==== | ==== Exercise 2a ==== |
