$ who

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

$ who;

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

$ who;ls;

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

Desktop Downloads file1 Music nfile Pictures rfile Videos

Documents examples.desktop lfile mydir1 ofile Public Templates

$ date;

Mon Jul 2 10:49:18 IST 2018

$ date;who;

Mon Jul 2 10:49:23 IST 2018

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

$ date | wc

1 6 29

$ date

Mon Jul 2 10:49:52 IST 2018

$ (date;who)

Mon Jul 2 10:50:56 IST 2018

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

$ (date;who) | wc
 3 16 125

$ (date;who) | tee save |wc

3 16 125

$ cat save

Mon Jul 2 10:51:56 IST 2018

guest-Wrgj8e :0 2018-07-02 09:05 (:0)

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:48 (:0)

$ wc <save

3 16 125

$ long-running-command &

[1] 3432

$ long-running-command: command not found

long-running-command &

[2] 3434

[1] Exit 127 long-running-command

$ long-running-command: command not found

[1]+ Exit 127 long-running-command

sleep 2

[2]+ Exit 127 long-running-command

$ long-running-command &

[1] 3438

$ long-running-command: command not found

(sleep 5; date) & date

[2] 3440

Mon Jul 2 11:01:26 IST 2018

[1] Exit 127 long-running-command

$ Mon Jul 2 11:01:31 IST 2018

(sleep 5; date) & date

[3] 3444

Mon Jul 2 11:02:03 IST 2018

[2] Done ( sleep 5; date )

$ (Mon Jul 2 11:02:08 IST 2018

sleep 5; date)&date

[4] 3448

Mon Jul 2 11:02:26 IST 2018

[3] Done ( sleep 5; date )

$ Mon Jul 2 11:02:31 IST 2018

who am i

guest-Wrgj8e pts/0 2018-07-02 10:59 (:0)

[4]+ Done ( sleep 5; date )

$ (sleep 2; echo tea is ready)&

[1] 3460

$ tea is ready
.....it will automatically displayed
ls
......enter ls to know list of files
Desktop Downloads file1 Music nfile Pictures rfile Templates

Documents examples.desktop lfile mydir1 ofile Public save Videos

[1]+ Done ( sleep 2; echo tea is ready )

$ pr file | lpr &

[1] 3472

$ (pr file | lpr) &

[1] 3472

$ echo Hello > file1

$ cat file1

Hello

$ > file1 echo Hello

$ cat file1

Hello

$ cat file1 | pr

2018-07-02 11:14 Page 1

Hello

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$

$ pr <file1

2018-07-02 11:15 Page 1

Hello

$ pr file1

2018-07-02 11:13 file1 Page 1

Hello

Meta characters:
$ echo *

Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop file1 lfile Music mydir1 nfile ofile Pictures
Public rfile save Templates Videos

$ ls

Desktop Downloads file1 Music nfile Pictures rfile Templates

Documents examples.desktop lfile mydir1 ofile Public save Videos

$ ls -a

. .dbus .ICEauthority nfile Templates

.. Desktop .kde ofile Videos

.bash_history Documents lfile Pictures .Xauthority

.bash_logout Downloads .local .profile .xsession-errors

.bashrc examples.desktop .mozilla Public

.cache file1 Music rfile

.config .gconf mydir1 save

$ echo *

Desktop Documents Downloads examples.desktop file1 lfile Music mydir1 nfile ofile Pictures
Public rfile save Templates Videos

$ echo .*

. .. .bash_history .bash_logout .bashrc .cache .config .dbus .gconf .ICEauthority .kde .local
.mozilla .profile .Xauthority .xsession-errors

$ echo '***'

***

$ echo '***'

***

$ echo \*\*\*

***

$ echo "Don't do that!"

Don't do that!

$ echo x'*'y

x*y

$ echo '*'A'?'

*A?

$ echo 'hello > world'

hello > world

$ echo 'hello > world'

hello > world

$ echo 'hello

> world'

hello

world

$ echo x*y

x*y

$ ls x*y

ls: cannot access x*y: No such file or directory

$ >xyzzy

$ ls x*y

xyzzy

$ ls 'x*y'

ls: cannot access x*y: No such file or directory

$ echo abc\

> def\

> ghi

abcdefghi

$ echo hello # there

hello

$ echo hello#there

hello#there

$ echo ls .*

ls . .. .bash_history .bash_logout .bashrc .cache .config .dbus .gconf .ICEauthority .kde .local
.mozilla .profile .Xauthority .xsession-errors
guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ pure-echo Enter a command:

pure-echo: command not found

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ pure-echo

pure-echo: command not found

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ pure-echo Enter a command

pure-echo: command not found

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ echo -n Enter a command:

Enter a command:guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ echo -n Enter a command:

Enter a command:guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ echo -

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ echo -n ' -n

>'

-n

guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$ echo */*

Downloads/FS_UPDATED.doc mydir1/dir2
guest-Wrgj8e@cplab-AcerPower-Series:~$