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B227 Tutorial: Introduction to Linux

Motivation:

To get you familiar enough with LINUX to

1. Execute commands
2. Navigate around the LINUX file system
3. Modify files

The reason for this is because you will be doing two things in Assignment 2 that requires the above:

1. Run network tools (as commands) and interpret the results
2. Determine how to change configuration information, either by running commands or by editing configuration files.

If you are already familiar with LINUX:

If you have prior experience with LINUX, these first two tutorials will be simple (even trivial). Go through the instructions and make sure you know all of the commands given. They will be useful later. The instructions (and these first two tutorials) are geared towards those students with no prior experience with LINUX.

This is not a unit to teach you about LINUX or about operating systems. The point is only to get to the stage where you can do the three operations above.

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