CTS 1106 (Intro to Unix/Linux) Homework Assignment #2

 

Due: by the start of class on the date shown on the syllabus

Description:

Answer the following questions as briefly (but completely) as possible:

  1. Try out the following commands: 
            echo this is file number one > README [Enter]
        echo this is file number two > readme [Enter]
        ls
    What does this show about how Unix treats filenames?
  2. Create a directory using mkdir and change into that directory using cd.  Next, create another directory within the new directory and then change into that directory.  Now, run cd without any arguments, then run pwd.  What do you conclude about the cd command?
  3. You won’t find the cd command in either /bin or /usr/bin.  How is it executed then?  (That is, if there is no cd executable, why doesn't this command cause a command not found error?)
  4. Why shouldn’t you have a filename beginning with a – (dash)?
  5. When will you use a section number as an argument to man?
  6. What does deprecated mean?
  7. Can you have the same login name more than once in the who output?  What would cause that?
  8. Which command does the ordinary user use to change the system date and time?
  9. If you find that your keystrokes are not being echoed, what remedies will you try?
  10. What key do you press to erase the last character typed?  The last word?  The entire line?

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