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Table of Contents
Practices for Lesson 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1-1
Practices for Lesson 1............................................................................................................................. 1-2
Practice 1-1: Getting Familiar with Your Practice Environment .................................................................. 1-6
Practices for Lesson 2: Introduction to UNIX........................................................................................... 2-1

Practice 2-1: Logging In and Changing Your User Password .................................................................... 2-3
Practice 2-2: Displaying System Information Using the Command Line ..................................................... 2-15
Practice 2-3: Using the Man Pages .......................................................................................................... 2-17
Practices for Lesson 3: Working with Files and Directories .................................................................... 3-1
Practice 3-1: Accessing Files and Directories ........................................................................................... 3-4
Practice 3-2: Using File and Directory Commands.................................................................................... 3-9
Practice 3-3: Locating Files and Text ....................................................................................................... 3-13
Practices for Lesson 4: Using the vi Editor .............................................................................................. 4-1
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Practice 8-1: Using Advanced Bash Shell Functionality ............................................................................ 8-3
Practice 8-2: Using Shell Scripts.............................................................................................................. 8-9
Practices for Lesson 9: Archiving Files and Remote Transfer ................................................................ 9-1
Practice 9-1: Archiving and Retrieving Files ............................................................................................. 9-3
Practice 9-2: Compressing and Restoring Files ........................................................................................ 9-8
Practice 9-3: Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers ............................................................ 9-15
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Practices for Lesson 1

Practices Overview
This practice provides an introduction to your course assignment and the infrastructure, which
you will use for performing the practices. The practices in this assignment are mapped to the
respective lessons.
The following checklist will run throughout the practices showing your progress:
UNIX and Linux Essentials - Activities Checklist
Introduction
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configured for these VMs.

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Resource Name Location Description
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User Credentials
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administrator (root) role. The password is oracle1. The
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Practice 1-1: Getting Familiar with Your Practice Environment
Task1: Starting the Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager

Perform the following steps when you first access your practice host environment:
On your host system, start the Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager by double-clicking its icon on
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Task2: Starting and Logging in to the Virtual Machine

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3. Similarly, to start the OL6-Server VM, log in to the virtual machine with the username
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3. Repeat steps 7 and 8 to shut down the other VM, OL6-Server.

4. Verify that no VMs are running at this time, by viewing the status of the VMs in the Oracle
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Practices Overview
In this practice, you will perform a set of tasks described in the corresponding lesson. Here is
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• Log in to the system

• Change your user login password
• Display system information using the command line
• Use the man pages
• Log out of the system
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Practice 2-1: Logging In and Changing Your User Password
Overview
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UNIX system.
Assumptions
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instructions are followed as it is. In the task 3, you need to reboot the system as asked in the
step before performing the key combination.
Task 1: Logging in to the Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux systems

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2. In the desktop Login screen, enter the user credentials.

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b. The default username student is already listed there.

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7. Click Logout Anyway.

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3. Use the passwd command to change your password to mypass1.
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[student@OL6-Server Desktop]$ passwd
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Retype new password:

passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
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11. Log in with the correct user credentials.

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12. Now, repeat steps 1, 2, 3, and 4 to reset the default password of the user before moving to
the next task. The default password is student1.
Task 3: Accessing a Terminal Window and Logging in using the Command Line
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2. Once the system is restarted and the graphical login window appears, press CTRL+ALT+F6
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4. To confirm the current working directory, enter the pwd command.

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5. To revert to the graphical mode, press CTRL+ALT+F1.
6. You may be prompted to enter the password information for the user student. When done,
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Practice 2-2: Displaying System Information Using the Command Line
Overview
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Assumptions
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output may vary from system to system.
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7. Display the calendar with a specific month and year; for example, June 2012.
student@S11-Server:~$ cal 06 2012
June 2012
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8. Clear the terminal window.
student@S11-Server:~$ clear
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student@S11-Server:~$ date; hostname
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Practice 2-3: Using the Man Pages
Overview
In this practice, you learn to use the man command to extract additional information about
system commands.
Assumption
It is recommended that one system be used at a time. Students will perform the exercises in the
/home/student directory. For Oracle Linux, change the directory from Desktop to
the/home/student directory. Your instructor will help on how to change the directory.
Tasks
1. Displaying a man page and man page section
a. To display the man page for the exit command, run the man command.
student@S11-Server:~$ man exit
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Display the man page for the uname command.

student@S11-Server:~$ man uname
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4. Search the man pages for information on the man command using the keyword “man”.
student@S11-Server:~$ man man | grep man
5. Display section 1 of the man page for the man command and review its contents.
student@S11-Server:~$ man man -s1
6. To quit the man page, press q.
student@S11-Server:~$ man man <Enter>

(Press ‘q’)
Reformatting page. Please Wait... done
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student@S11-Server:~$ exit
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• Display file types
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• Access files
• Copy files and directories
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Practice 3-1: Accessing Files and Directories
Overview
In this practice, you will be directed to run some file and directory access commands. Also, in a
few instances, you will be prompted to answer some questions
Assumptions
/home/student directory. For Oracle Linux, change the directory from Desktop to the
/home/student directory. Your instructor will help with changing the directory. In a few
instances, the output may vary on your system.
Preparation
In this practice, you need to use the files and directories available in the /home/student/lab
directory.
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student@S11-Server:~$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads lab Public
Note: Command output may vary from system to system.

7. Display all files, including any hidden files, using the ls –a command.
student@S11-Server:~$ ls -a
. .local
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.audioctl .profile
.bash_history .recently-used.xbel
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.dbus .vboxclient-display.pid
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student@S11-Server:~$ cd lab
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cd dir1
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1$
11. Display a long list of the contents of the current working directory using ls –l command.
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1$ ls -l
total 9
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 5 Apr 30 19:30 coffees
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Apr 30 19:30 fruit
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2 Apr 30 19:30 trees
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12. Change to the fruit directory using the cd command.

student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1$ cd fruit
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1/fruit$ pwd
/home/student/lab/dir1/fruit
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1/fruit$
13. Change to the planets directory available under $HOME/dir3 directory using the relative
path name.
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir1/fruit$ cd ../../dir3/planets
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir3/planets$ pwd
/home/student/lab/dir3/planets
Now, return to the home directory
student@S11-Server:~/lab/dir3/planets$ cd
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student@S11-Server:~/lab$
student@S11-Server:/lab$ cd dir1
Now, return to the home directory
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/home/student
16. Display the contents of the fruit file by using the cat command.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cat fruit
lemon
orange
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pear
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19. Display the first five lines of the /usr/dict/words file on the screen.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ head -5 /usr/dict/words
10th
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Note: In the Oracle Linux environment (OL6-Server), the file path is

/usr/share/dict/words.
20. Display the last eight lines of the /usr/dict/words file on the screen.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ tail -8 /usr/dict/words
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Note: Output may vary from system to system
23. What does the ~ symbol represent?
The ~ symbol represents the user’s home directory.

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Practice 3-2: Using File and Directory Commands
Overview
In this practice, you will perform some actions on files and directories using file and directory
commands.
Assumptions
/home/student directory. Your instructor will help with changing the directory. In a few
instances, the output may vary on your system.
Tasks
To use file and directory commands, complete the following steps:
1. Return to your home directory, if you need to, and list the content in that directory.
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dir2/recipes
6. Command options for the reference in the table below:
7.
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cp -i Prevents you from accidentally overwriting existing files or
directories
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subdirectories, when you copy a directory
From your lab directory, create a directory called practice1.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ mkdir practice1
8. Using a single command, copy the file.1 and file.2 files to the practice1 directory.
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9. Copy dir3/planets/mars file to the practice1 directory, and name the file
addresses.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cp dir3/planets/mars
practice1/addresses
10. Create a directory called play in your practice1 directory, and move the
practice1/addresses file to the play directory.

student@S11-Server:~/lab$ mkdir practice1/play
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ mv practice1/addresses practice1/play
11. Using a single command, copy the play directory in the practice1 directory to a new
directory in the practice1 directory called appointments.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cp -r practice1/play
practice1/appointments
12. Recursively list the contents of the practice1 directory.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ls -R practice1
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your home directory.
student@S11-Server:~$ mkdir records memos misc
16. Create a new file called carrot, and rename it to celery.
student@S11-Server:~$ touch carrot
student@S11-Server:~$ mv carrot celery
17. Using a single command, remove the directories called memos and misc from your home
directory.
student@S11-Server:~$ rmdir memos misc
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18. Try to remove the directory called house/furniture with the rm (no options) command.
Observe what happens.
student@S11-Server:~$ rm house/furniture
rm: house/furniture is a directory
19. Identify the command to remove a directory that is not empty. Remove the
house/furniture directory. List the contents of the house directory to verify that the
furniture directory has been removed.
student@S11-Server:~$ rm -r house/furniture
student@S11-Server:~$ ls house
20. Create a new directory named newname, and rename it veggies.
student@S11-Server:~$ mkdir newname
student@S11-Server:~$ mv newname veggies
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student@S11-Server:~$ rm mycontents
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Practice 3-3: Locating Files and Text
Overview
In this practice, you will use grep and related commands to locate files and text in files.
Assumptions
In the below tasks, we will use /etc/system file, which is the system configuration file in
Oracle Solaris. The equivalent file in Oracle Linux is /etc/sysctl.conf. It is recommended
that one system be used at a time. Students will perform the exercises in the /home/student
directory. For Oracle Linux, change the directory from Desktop to the /home/student
directory. In a few instances, the output may vary on your system.
Tasks
1. How do the grep, egrep, and fgrep commands differ?
• The grep command searches the contents of one or more files for a character pattern.
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under your home directory that does not contain the letter M.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ grep -v M file4
The budget for quarter 2 is:
4. Display all lines in the dante, file1, and dante_1 files that contain the pattern, “he”.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ grep he dante file1 dante_1
dante: The Life and Times of Dante
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dante:Dante Alighieri, like Raphael, Michelangelo, Galileo, etc.

is usually
dante:referred to by his first name. There is only one Dante,
as we recognize
dante:one Raphael, one Michelangelo, and one Galileo.
dante:Who is this Dante, whom T.S. Eliot calls "the most
universal of poets
dante:in the modern languages?"
<lot of output …>
5. Display all the lines in the file file4 that contains either the pattern, “Sales” or
“Finance”.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ egrep 'A(Sales|Finance)' file4
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ egrep '(Sales|Finance)' file4
Sales..................12M s a
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the word “module”, both in uppercase and lowercase, in the /etc/system file.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ grep -ic module /etc/system
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9. Use the grep command to record how many instances of the word Module (uppercase M
only) are there in the /etc/system file.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ grep -c Module /etc/system
1
Note: Output may vary from system to system.

10. Starting with the lab directory, find all the files that were modified in the last one day.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ find /home/student -mtime -1
/home/student
/home/student/.gconfd
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13. Run the find command to search for ordinary files of size 0 (zero) in the /tmp directory.
Include an option prompting you with yes or no option before removing any files.
/home/student
student@S11-Server:~$ find /tmp -type f -size 0 -ok rm A{} \;
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denied
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Practices Overview
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Practice 4-1: Using the vi Editor
Overview
In this practice, you will perform tasks mentioned below using the in-built tutorial tutor.vi.
You will use file creation and modification commands documented in this tutorial.
Note: Oracle Linux uses vim editor which is an enhanced version of the vi editor. In fact Vim is
the default editor in both Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Linux.
Assumptions
The following tasks are performed in the Oracle Solaris 11 VM (S11-Server). The tasks can also
be replicated in the Oracle Linux VM (OL6-Server) with little modifications, mentioned where
applicable. It is recommended to use one system at a time and perform theses task in
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Note: To move to next line to insert the sentence, press Enter.

6. To append text to the line What is your, press ESC to enter command mode. Pressing
the key ‘k’ will place the cursor at the last character of the line. Further, press the key ‘a’ to
append and insert a space with the next string “name?”.
Hello World
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to return to command mode. Then move the cursor to the third line by pressing the key ‘j’.
This will move the cursor down. To move the cursor to the left, press the key ‘h’. Bring the
cursor to the character d in the string “id”. Press the key ‘r,’ and then insert character s.
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followed by ‘h’ . Execute the yy command to copy the string. Then move the cursor to the
end of the same line by pressing the ‘l’ key and press the p command to paste the string.
The whole line is copied and pasted.
Hello World
Hello World
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commands.
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Move the cursor to the beginning of the second line “Hello World” and press dd
command. The entire line is deleted.

Hello World
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13. To customize the session by displaying the line numbers, press ESC to enter the
command mode. Then enter the :set nu command and press Enter. Notice that :set
nu appears at the bottom of the terminal window screen.
Hello World
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3 What is today’s date?
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15. To quit and save the file with the changes, press ESC to enter the command. Then type
:wq and press Enter. Notice that :wq appears at the bottom of the terminal window
screen. The file is saved and the prompt returns. To switch to home directory, type the cd
command.
Hello World
What is your name?

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Practices Overview
In this practice, you will perform a set of tasks described in this lesson. Here is the list of those
activities:
• Use the shell metacharacters

• Use variables in the Bash shell
• Display the command history
• Use the redirecting commands
• Customize the user’s work environment
UNIX Essentials Activities Checklist
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Practice 5-1: Using the Shell Metacharacters
Overview
In this practice, you will use shell metacharacters to simplify commands, structure, and output.
Note: Bash is the default shell which is used in both Oracle Solaris 11 and Oracle Linux 6.2.
Assumptions
applicable. In a few instances, the output may vary on your system. It is recommended to use
one system at a time. Students will perform the exercises in the /home/student directory. For
Oracle Linux change the directory from Desktop to the /home/student directory.
Tasks
1. To verify that the default shell, bash, is running, run the echo command on the Oracle
Solaris VM and Oracle Linux VM. s a
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3. Switch between the student and tmp directory using the – metacharacter.
student@S11-Server:~$ cd /tmp
student@S11-Server:/tmp$ pwd
/tmp
student@S11-Server:/tmp$ cd -
/home/student
student@S11-Server:~$ cd -
/tmp
student@S11-Server:/tmp$ cd
4. List all the files and directories in the lab directory that end with the number 2.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ls *2
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Practice 5-2: Using Variables in the Bash Shell
Overview
In this practice, you will use variables to store values.
Assumption
/home/student directory. The output may vary from system to system.
Tasks
1. Display the value stored inside a shell variable using the echo command.
student@S11-Server:~$ echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/bash
2. List all shell variables and their values using the set command.
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3. Customize shell prompt string by editing the shell variable PS1.
student@S11-Server:~$ PS1="$LOGNAME@`uname -n` \$PWD $ "
student@S11-Server /home/student $
In the above task, the prompt displays the login name of the user, host name, and the
current working directory.
Note: Type the command as it is. These symbols do not represent single quotation marks.
4. To revert to the default prompt, type the following command:
student@S11-Server /home/student $ PS1="$LOGNAME@`uname -n`:~$"
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or
student@S11-Server :~$ exit
Note: This will exit the current terminal session.

5. Launch a new terminal session by right-clicking the desktop and selecting “Open terminal.”
Display current values in the PATH variable.

student@S11-Server:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
Note: The PATH variablle is used to store reference to the commands directory.
6. Add home directory of student to the PATH variable using the echo $PATH command.
student@S11-Server:~$ PATH=$PATH:~
student@S11-Server:~$ echo $PATH
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Practice 5-3: Using the Command History
Overview
In this practice, you will view and set values for command history.
Assumption
Tasks
1. Check the current size of the history command and set the size to 20 using the
HISTSIZE variable.
student@S11-Server:~$ echo $HISTSIZE
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43 history | wc -l
44 history | wc -l
45 HISTSIZE=20
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47 history | more

4. To view the last 10 commands from the history database, use the option tail -10.
student@S11-Server:~$ history | tail -10
39 history | more
43 history | wc -l
44 history | wc -l
45 HISTSIZE=20
46 history | wc -l
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history | wc -l
20

6. Use the –c option to clear previous history.

student@S11-Server:~$ history -c
7. The following are the various methods for repeating the previous command quickly:
• Use the up arrow to view the previous command and press Enter to execute it.
• Type !! and press Enter from the command line.
• Type !-1 and press Enter from the command line.
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Practice 5-4: Using Redirecting Commands
Overview
In this practice, you will perform input, output, and standard error redirection by using the <, >,
and | (pipe) metacharacters.
Assumption
Tasks
1. Start a terminal session by right-clicking the desktop and selecting the Open Terminal
option.
2. Redirect the list of files and subdirectories of the home directory into the directory_list
file. s a
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3. Remove the directory directory_list by using rm command.
student@S11-Server:~$ rm directory_list
total 17
drwxr-xr-x 6 student staff 6 Apr 9 19:03 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 2 student staff 2 Apr 9 19:03 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 39 May 2 13:51 lab
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4. Redirect the standard error message to a newly created file called error.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ touch error
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ls /var /test 1> error 2>&1
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cat error
/test: No such file or directory

/var:
adm
apache2
<lot of output>.........
5. Remove the file error by using the rm command.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ rm error
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Practice 5-5: Customizing the User's Work Environment
Overview
In this practice, you will study the user’s profile file to understand the user’s work environment.
Note: In Oracle Solaris, .profile is the profile file. In Oracle Linux, .bash_profile is the
profile file.
Assumption
Tasks
1. Confirm that you are currently in the parent directory by using pwd command and then
open the .profile file.
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Practices Overview
In these practices, you will perform a set of tasks described in this lesson. Here is the list of
those activities:
• Changing file ownership

• Changing file permissions
• Using the symbolic mode to change permissions
• Using octal mode to change permissions
• Modifying default permissions
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Practice 6-1: Changing File Ownership
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Assumptions
Oracle Linux, change the directory from Desktop to the /home/student directory.
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Practice 6-2: Changing File Permissions
Overview
In this practice, you will view and change permissions on files.
Assumptions
Preparation
Ensure that the umask value is set to 0022 on your system. To verify, run the umask command.
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b. Change to the perm directory and list the contents of the directory.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cd perm
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referred to as the absolute mode.
4. Using the symbolic mode, add write permission for the group to the motd file.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cd perm
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-rw-rw-r-- 1 student staff 49 May 9 15:11 motd
5. Using the octal mode, change the permissions on the motd file to -rwxrw----.
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You cannot use the cat command, because read permission has been removed from
the user. Even though you are part of the group, the permissions are viewed in the order
in which they appear. The following message appears when you use the cat command:
cat: cannot open /home/student/lab/dir4/memo: Permission denied.

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b. What happens when you try to copy the memo file?

You cannot copy the file, because the user has no read permission. The following
message appears:
cp: cannot open /home/student/lab/dir4/memo: permission denied
student@S11-Server:~/lab/perm$ cd
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Practice 6-3: Modifying Default Permissions
Overview
In this practice, you modify the default permissions of files and directories.
Assumptions
Tasks
1. What is the function of the umask utility? What is the default umask that exists on your
system?
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5. Create a new file and a new directory.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ touch test2file
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ mkdir test2dir
6. Record the access permissions.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ls -l test2file
-rw-r--r-- 1 student staff 0 May 9 15:41 test2file
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ls -ld test2dir
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Practices Overview
In this practice, you will use the commands described in this lesson to determine PIDs, view a
process tree, and kill processes.
This practice introduces the tty command, which displays the name of the current terminal
window. The name displayed by the tty command includes a unique identification number
assigned by the Solaris OS to each open terminal window (for example, /dev/pts/2). In the
tasks illustrating the tty command, the unique identification number is displayed as
/dev/pts/n, where n is a numeral.
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• List system processes.
• Control system processes.
• Terminate a process.
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Practice 7-1: Controlling System Processes
Overview
In this practice, you will determine the PIDs, view a process tree, and kill processes.
Assumptions
Oracle Solaris VM (S11-Server) is currently running. The tasks mentioned below are performed
in Solaris 11 environment (S11-Server) VM. They can also be practiced as it is with Oracle
Linux VM ( OL6-Server) with little modifications (mentioned where applicable). In few cases, the
output on your system may vary. It is recommended to use one system at a time. Students will
perform the exercises in the /home/student directory. For Oracle Linux, change the directory
from Desktop to the /home/student directory.
Tasks
Perform the following steps:
1. Use the following ps commands to list the processes currently running on your system. s a
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This command prints information about every process running.

(In Terminal window t1)
student@S11-Server:~$ ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 0 0 0 May 07 ? 0:04 sched
root 5 0 0 May 07 ? 0:11 zpool-rpool

root 6 0 0 May 07 ? 0:01 kmem_task
root 1 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00
/usr/sbin/init
root 2 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00 pageout
root 3 0 0 May 07 ? 1:05 fsflush
root 7 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00 intrd
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Note: The command output on your system may vary
2. Open another terminal window, t2, and execute the ps -ef command in a terminal
window. Identify the process ID related to the ps -ef command.
(In Terminal window t2)
student@S11-Server:~$ ps -ef
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 0 0 0 May 07 ? 0:04 sched
root 5 0 0 May 07 ? 0:11 zpool-rpool
root 6 0 0 May 07 ? 0:01 kmem_task
root 1 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00
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root 2 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00 pageout

root 3 0 0 May 07 ? 1:05 fsflush
root 7 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00 intrd
root 8 0 0 May 07 ? 0:00 vmtasks
root 116 1 0 May 07 ? 0:00
/usr/lib/pfexecd
root 11 1 0 May 07 ? 0:05
<lot of output> ………
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student 3159 1 1 12:11:03 ? 0:02 gnome-
terminal
student 3079 2957 0 18:25:26 ? 0:00 python2.6
/usr/lib/system-config-printer/applet.py
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4. Open another terminal window, called t2. Use the ps or pgrep command to identify the
PID of the gcalctool command.
student@S11-Server:~$ ps -ef | grep gcalctool
student 3185 3184 1 12:39:50 pts/1 0:00 gcalctool
student@S11-Server:~$ pgrep gcalctool
3185
5. In terminal window t2, terminate the gcalctool command by using the PID.
student@S11-Server:~$ kill PID
Note: 3185 is the PID value of the gcalctool.

6. In terminal window 2, enter the tty command to identify the name of this terminal window.
The name appears as /dev/pts/n, where n is a numeral (for example, /dev/pts/4).
student@S11-Server:~$ tty s a
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10. Name the commands used to search for a specific process.
The pgrep command and the ps command with the grep command
11. Run the following kill commands to identify the signal names associated with signal
numbers.
student@S11-Server:~$ kill -l 9
KILL
The signal name is KILL.
student@S11-Server:~$ kill -l 15
TERM
The signal name is TERM.

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12. What is the difference between a process and a job?

Every program that runs in UNIX creates a process. A process that a shell can manage is
called a job.
13. What is the difference between the pkill command and the kill command?
You can terminate a job using the kill command. You can terminate a specific process
using the pkill command.
14. In a terminal window, enter the command sleep 500 &.

student@S11-Server:~$ sleep 500 &
[1] 3206
15. In the same terminal window, use the ps command to identify the shell process running in
that window.
student@S11-Server:~$ ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
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• Manage jobs in the Bash shell

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• Pass values to a shell script
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Practice 8-1: Using Advanced Bash Shell Functionality
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Assumptions
/home/student directory. The output may vary from system to system. Bash is the default
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4. What are job control commands? Name any two commands and mention their function.
Job control commands enable you to place jobs in the foreground or background, and to
start or stop jobs. Two of the job control commands are the jobs command and the bg %n
command.
• The jobs command lists all jobs that are currently running or are stopped in the
background.
• The bg command runs the current or specified job in the background (n is the job ID).
5. Terminate a job by running the kill command. To reconfirm, run the jobs command at
the prompt.
student@S11-Server:~$ kill %1
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7. Display all predefined aliases.

student@S11-Server:~$ alias
Note: If you do not see an alias list, it implies that there is no predefined alias on the
system.
8. Create an alias named cls that clears the terminal screen.

student@S11-Server:~$ alias cls=clear
9. Create an alias named dir that displays a long listing of all the files and directories in the
current directory.
student@S11-Server:~$ alias dir='ls -l'
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15. Use vi to edit the .profile file in your home directory:

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Note: The equivalent profile file in Oracle Linux is .bash_profile.

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16. Run the following commands:

In Oracle Solaris VM
student@S11-Server:~$ . ~/.profile
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drwxr-xr-x 2 student staff 5 Apr 9 19:03 Desktop/

directory_list
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Practice 8-2: Using Shell Scripts
Overview
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statements.
Assumptions
Tasks
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date, time, username, and current directory.
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c. To execute the script, run the command as shown below:

student@S11-Server:~/lab$ ./info.sh
Date and time is:
Friday, May 11, 2012 07:57:09 PM IST
Your username is: student
Your current directory is: /home/student/lab

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lab directory.
a. View greetings by running the cat command.
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statement, test if we are in a leap year or now.
a. Create a shell script called leaptest.sh using the vi editor.
Note: For your benefit leaptest.sh script is available for use in the lab directory. You
can use this file as it is in Solaris environment. For Oracle Linux, replace /usr/bin/bash
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student@S11-Server:~/lab$ vi leaptest.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
# This script will test if the year is a leap year.
year=`date +%Y`
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Practices Overview
In this practice, you will perform a range of tasks described in this lesson. A list of those
activities is as follows:
• Create an archive file on a disk

• View an archive file on a disk
• Retrieve archive data from a disk
• Compress files
• View compressed files
• Uncompress files
• Establish a remote login session
• Copy files or directories to and from another system
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Practice 9-1: Archiving and Retrieving Files
Overview
In this practice, you will perform tasks to create, view, and retrieve archived files.
Assumptions
Ensure that the S11-Server VM is up and running. The tasks and steps below are performed in
the Oracle Solaris environment, but can be replicated in the Oracle Linux environment. The
command's output may vary slightly on your systems. Students will perform the exercises in the
/home/student directory. Output may vary from system to system. Run chmod 775 on the
lab directory, before starting this practice.
student@S11-Server:~$ chmod -R 775 lab
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just created.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ mkdir retrieve
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ cd retrieve
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x lab, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/dir4, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/.recently-used, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
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x lab/practice/mailbox, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/practice/project, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/practice/projection, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/practice/results, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/hello.sh, 32 bytes, 1 tape blocks
x lab/dante, 1319 bytes, 3 tape blocks
x lab/myvars, 67 bytes, 1 tape blocks

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x lab/dir1/coffees, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks

x lab/dir1/coffees/nuts, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/dir1/coffees/beans, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/dir1/coffees/beans/beans, 12288 bytes, 24 tape blocks
x lab/dir1/coffees/brands, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/dir1/fruit, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks

x lab/dir1/trees, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/.gnome2_private, 0 bytes, 0 tape blocks
x lab/fruit, 57 bytes, 1 tape blocks
x lab/fruit2, 57 bytes, 1 tape blocks
x lab/.gtkrc-1.2-gnome2, 96 bytes, 1 tape blocks
student@S11-Server:~/lab/retrieve$
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Practice 9-2: Compressing and Restoring Files
Overview
In this practice you compress, view, and uncompress files.
Assumptions
/home/student directory. The command output may vary on your system.
Tasks
1. In the lab directory of your home directory, use the compress command to compress the
dante and file1 files.
/home/student
s a
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student@S11-Server:~/lab$ compress dante
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drwxr-xr-xa 5 student root 5 May 2 13:51 dir1
l o n
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-rw-r--r-- 1 student staff 248 May 10 17:11 err
-rw-r--r-- 1 student staff 248 May 10 17:10 error
-rw-r--r-- 1 student staff 248 May 10 17:09 file
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 1035 May 2 13:51 file1.Z

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-rwxr--r-- 1 student staff 32 May 11 20:39 hello.sh

-rwxr--r-- 1 student staff 466 May 11 21:11
leaptest.sh
drwxr-xr-x 3 student staff 6 May 9 15:20 perm
drwxr-xr-x 3 student staff 3 May 12 18:52 retrieve
s a
drwxr-x--- 2 student staff 2 May 9 15:41 testdir
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student@S11-Server:~/lab$ zcat dante.Z

The Life and Times of Dante
by Dante Pocai
Say

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student@S11-Server:~/lab$ gzcat dante.Z

The Life and Times of Dante
by Dante Pocai
Say
4. Use the gzip command to compress the file2 and dante_1 files.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ gzip file2 dante_1
5. What are the new names for the compressed versions of the file2 and dante_1 files?
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 1035 May 2 13:51 file1.Z
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 112 May 2 13:51 file2.gz

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leaptest.sh

6. What is the difference between the gzip and zip command?
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files.zip?
m a e t
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28709 05-02-2012 13:51 tutor.vi
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28984 3 files
9. Do the original versions of the file3, fruit2, and tutor.vi files still exist after
compression?
Yes.
10. Uncompress the dante.Z and file1.Z files.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ uncompress dante.Z
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ uncompress file1.Z
Do the dante and file1 files still have a .Z extension in their file names?
No.

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total 153
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 1319 May 2 13:51 dante
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 268 May 2 13:51 dante_1.gz

s a
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11. Which command would you use to uncompress the file2 and dante_1 files?
The gunzip file2.gz dante_1.gz command
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ gunzip file2.gz dante_1.gz
Do the file2 and dante_1 files still have a .gz extension in their file names?

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No.
total 153
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 1319 May 2 13:51 dante
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 368 May 2 13:51 dante_1

s a
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A leaptest.sh

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12. Which command would you use to unarchive the file3, fruit2, and tutor.vi files
from the zip file created in Step 7?
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ unzip files.zip
Archive: files.zip
replace file3? [y]es, [n]o, [A]ll, [N]one, [r]ename: A
inflating: file3
inflating: fruit2
inflating: tutor.vi
Does the files.zip file still exist in the directory?
Yes
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Practice 9-3: Performing Remote Connections and File Transfers
Overview
In this practice, you will use some of the remote connection and file transfer commands
explained in this lesson.
Assumptions
In this practice, S11-Server VM is used as the host system and OL6-Server VM is used as the
remote system. Both the VMs have pre-installed and enabled ssh service to be able to perform
remote connections and secure file transfers. You can follow similar commands in the reverse
order as well.
Ensure both VMs, S11-Server and OL6-Server, are up and running before beginning this
practice.
Launch the calculator on the remote system, OL6-Server, prior to beginning the practice, by
performing the gcalctool command.
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to perform a command on a remote system to kill the process related to this application. ) h a
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1. Open a terminal in the S11-Server VM and use the ssh command to log in to OL6-Server
in your virtual network.
student@S11-Server:~$ ssh student@OL6-Server
student@ol6-server's password:
Last login: Sat May 12 19:58:12 2012 from s11-
server.suned.sun.com
/home/student

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Or
student@S11-Server:~$ ssh –l student OL6-Server

Last login: Sat May 12 19:58:46 2012 from s11-
server.suned.sun.com
/home/student
Note: Password for the user student is student1. The default directory on the remote
machine will be the user’s home directory. In this case, it is /home/student. The output
message may differ on your system.
2. Use the uname command to display the host name of the current system.
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uid
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d e n o can terminate the process. However, if you log in to the
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own the process and do not have the appropriate permission.
5. Log out of the remote system.
[student@OL6-Server ~]$ exit
logout
Connection to OL6-Server closed
6. Display the host name of your current system to determine whether you have returned to
your host system.
student@S11-Server:~$ uname -n
S11-Server
7. Which remote connection command allows you to run a program remotely?
The ssh command

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8. Which command copies files remotely?

The scp command
9. Copy the dante file from the lab directory of your home directory to the
/home/student/lab/dir1 directory on the remote host.
dante file.1 info.sh
dante_1 file.2 leaptest.sh
Desktop file.3 myvars
dir1 file1 perm
dir2 file2 practice
dir3 file3 retrieve
dir4 file4 test2dir
dir5 files.zip test2file
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h a
Note:
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Ade no
10. Copy the dante file from the remote system back to the dir2 directory on your local
system.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ scp OL6-
Server:/home/student/lab/dir1/dante /home/student/lab/dir2
dante 100% |***************| 1319 00:00
11. Copy the practice directory in the lab directory of your home directory to the home directory
of the remote system, OL6-Server.
student@S11-Server:~/lab$ scp -r practice OL6-
Server:/home/student
mailbox 100% |***************| 0 00:00
research 100% |***************| 0 00:00

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project 100% |***************| 0 00:00

results 100% |***************| 0 00:00
projection 100% |***************| 0 00:00
Which command allows you to copy remote directories?

scp –r
12. Retrieve the file myvars from the remote system, OL6-Server to the /home/student
directory on the host, S11-Server.
/home/student
student@S11-Server:~$ sftp OL6-Server
Connecting to OL6-Server...
s a
sftp> pwd
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Remote working directory: /home/student
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m ai eฺ
Fetching /home/student/lab/myvars to myvars
@ g uid
/home/student/lab/myvars 100% 67
a n 80.1KB/s
t G 00:00
sftp> exit
zid tude n
student@S11-Server:~$ ls e l
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a. remote connection command transfers files securely from system to system,
A including binary files?
The sftp command
b. How do you end an ftp session?
Type exit or quit or bye at the sftp> prompt.
13. Transfer multiple files from the /home/student/lab directory starting with the string “file”
from a remote system to your current working directory on your local system.
sftp> cd lab
sftp> mget file*
Fetching /home/student/lab/file.1 to file.1

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Fetching /home/student/lab/file1 to file1
/home/student/lab/file1 100% 1610 1.6KB/s 00:00

sftp> exit
total 42
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hdrwxr-xr-x 7 May 9 15:15 perm
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Ad ndrwxr-xr-x 2 student staff 2 Apr 9 19:03 Public

14. Transfer the file myvars from /home/student to the student home directory on the
remote system, OL6-Server.
sftp> put myvars
Uploading myvars to /home/student/myvars
myvars 100% 67 0.1KB/s 00:01
sftp> exit

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Which command is used to transfer the file to a remote system?

put
15. Transfer multiple files starting with the string “file” from the home directory
/home/student of the local system to a directory on the remote system by using the
mput command.

sftp> mput file*
Uploading file.1 to /home/student/file.1
file.1 100% 0 0.0KB/s 00:00
file.2 100% 0 0.0KB/s 00:00
s a
file.3 100%
Uploading file1 to /home/student/file1
0 0.0KB/s 00:00
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hdrwxr-xr-x 5 Apr 9 19:03 Desktop
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-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 0 May 14 13:29 file.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 1610 May 14 13:29 file1
drwxr-xr-x 21 student root 52 May 12 19:39 lab
-rwxr-xr-x 1 student staff 67 May 14 13:15 myvars
drwxr-xr-x 2 student staff 2 May 9 14:25 practice1

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16. Close the terminal windows.
17. Power off the S11-Server and OL6-Server virtual machines.

s a
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• Log in to the system

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2. In the desktop Login screen, enter the user credentials.

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b. The default username student is already listed there.

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Retype new password:

Click OK or press Enter. The Login screen reappears.

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11. Log in with the correct user credentials.

In Oracle Solaris 11 (S11-Server):

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Practices for Lesson 2: Introduction to UNIX

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Practices for Lesson 2: Introduction to UNIX

d. To revert to the graphics mode, Press CTRL+ALT+F7.

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