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UNIX Tutorial
Typographical conventions
In what follows, we shall use the following typographical conventions:
- The command line will be simulated by a blue box labelled “Shell”.
- To aid with navigation the standard Ubuntu Live CD prompt
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
will be shown1). - The output of the computer, including prompts, will be shown in
standard typewriter
font. - Characters written in
bold typewriter
font are commands to be typed into the computer as they stand. - Characters written in
italic typewriter
font indicate non-specific file or directory names. - Words inserted within square brackets
[Ctrl]
indicate keys to be pressed.
So, for example,
<box 50% blue|Shell>ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ls
anydirectory
[Enter]</box>
means “at the UNIX prompt ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
, type ls
followed by the name of some directory, then press the key marked Enter”
Don't forget to press the [Enter]
key: commands are not sent to the computer until this is done.
<box 75% orange|Note:>
UNIX is case-sensitve, so LS
is not the same as ls
.
The same applies to filenames, so myfile.txt
, MyFile.txt
and MYFILE.TXT
are three seperate files. Beware if copying files to a PC, since Windows does not make this distinction.
</box>
1)
This prompt will change as you move around the file system and when you have your own installation
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