COMP 3000 Lab 1 2012

• In this lab you will be learning about the standard command shell on Linux, bash.
• For reference material, we suggest you look at this tutorial on the shell and the associated book The Linux Command Line (available as a PDF for free and in print). You may also use other Internet resources or other people. Please cite all sources that you use to answer the questions in this assignment.
• You should turn in Lab 1 by 10 PM on Friday, September 21 via cuLearn. Your answers should be in plain text (the true UNIX file format) or PDF. No other formats are acceptable (and will result in a zero grade until re-submitted in the correct format).

You should expect to complete Part A in tutorial.

Part A

1. What is your username on this wiki? Have a TA help you create an account.
2. What Linux environment are you using?

• • What distribution, what version?
  • Is it running virtualized or on bare metal?
  • Who installed it?
  • What level of access do you have to it?

1. A shell command can be one of four things. What are those four things?
2. On the machine you are Where are external commands