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F:TRG:06 LESSON PLAN

S.I. Name : Sem No. :1 Week No.:
Syllabus year : 2014 Unit/Block No.: Lesson no. :
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Title: Introduction to Linux os and its commands.

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Objectives:
 What is Linux operating system?
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 What is shell and linux commands.

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Aids: Computer and its accessories, Marker Pen, Duster, Whiteboard, Pointer, Projector.Vmware
player,linux ios file
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Preparation:
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 Review:
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 Introduction: Graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are helpful for many tasks, but they are not good
for all tasks.
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Motivation:
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 CUI AND GUI interface.

Presentation:
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Topics Information Points Spot Hints

What Is "The Shell"? : Simply put, the shell is a program that takes How is BASH
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commands from the keyboard and gives different from the

them to the operating system to perform. In DOS command
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the old days, it was the only user interface prompt?

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available on a Unix-like system such as

Linux. Nowadays, we have graphical user Case Sensitivity: In
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interfaces (GUIs) in addition to command Linux/UNIX,

line interfaces (CLIs) such as the shell. commands and
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What's A "Terminal?" : It's a program called a terminal emulator. filenames are case
sensitive, meaning
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This is a program that opens a window and

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lets you interact with the shell. There are a that typing “EXIT”
bunch of different terminal emulators you instead of the proper
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can use. Most Linux distributions supply “exit” is a mistake.

several, such as: gnome-terminal, konsole, “\” vs. “/”: In DOS,
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xterm, rxvt, kvt, nxterm, and eterm. the forward-slash “/”

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Starting A Terminal: Your window manager probably has a way is the command
to launch a terminal from the menu. Look argument delimiter,
while the backslash “\”
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through the list of programs to see if

anything looks like a terminal emulator. If is a directory
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you are a KDE user, the terminal program is separator. In

called "konsole," in Gnome it's called Linux/UNIX, the
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"gnome-terminal." You can start up as many “/” is the directory

of these as you want and play with them. separator, and the “\”
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While there are a number of different is an escape character.

terminal emulators, they all do the same More
thing. They give you access to a shell about these special
session. You will probably develop a characters in a minute!
preference for one, based on the different Filenames: The DOS
bells and whistles each one provides. world uses the “eight
dot three” filename
 Linux commands:  LS COMMAND convention, meaning
 PWD COMMAND that all files followed a
 CD COMMAND format that allowed up
 SHUTDOWN COMMAND to 8 characters in the
filename, followed by
 FTP COMMAND
a period (“dot”),
 PS COMMAND
followed by an option
 FREE COMMAND
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extension,
 KILL COMMAND up to 3 characters long
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 MV COMMAND (e.g.
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 CP COMMAND FILENAME.TXT). In
 CAT COMMAND UNIX/Linux, there is
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no such thing as a file

extension. Periods can
be placed at any part
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of the
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filename, and
“extensions” may be
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interpreted differently
by all
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programs, or not at all.

Question: (1) What is LINUX?
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(2) How to use linux command?

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Summary: How to use linux and its terminal.

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Reference: websites: 1. linuxcommand.org

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