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** sort | ** sort | ||
*** takes input on STDIN, sorts lines, prints to STDOUT | *** takes input on STDIN, sorts lines, prints to STDOUT | ||
* vmlinux is the linux kernel with virtual memory | * vmlinux is the linux kernel with virtual memory {{ref|vmlinux}} | ||
** vmlinuz is the same but compressed | ** vmlinuz is the same but compressed | ||
* bash runs on vmlinux | * bash runs on vmlinux | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{note|vmlinux}}: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux | |||
Revision as of 17:09, 20 September 2012
Shell
- useful command line programs
- bc -l
- command line calculator
- cal
- command line calendar
- uniq
- filters out duplicate lines
- sort
- takes input on STDIN, sorts lines, prints to STDOUT
- bc -l
- vmlinux is the linux kernel with virtual memory [vmlinux]
- vmlinuz is the same but compressed
- bash runs on vmlinux
- most programs run on bash
- ls/cd also run on vmlinux
- ls runs as a child process of bash
- to get rid of a misbehaving child
- the parent must kill it
- waits for child to die
- an unreaped child becomes a zombie
- zombies can't be killed, must be reaped
- to kill a zombie, must kill parent
- orphans become a child of init (ward of state)
- init is good at reaping children
job control
- job is a process
- term comes from batch processing
- Useful control sequences
- Ctrl-C
- terminate job
- Ctrl-Z
- stop job
- Ctrl-C
- To start a stopped job in the foreground
- fg %n
- where n is the job number
- fg %n
- To start a stopped job in the background
- bg %n
- To determine jobs that are running
- jobs
- Who manages jobs?
- the shell
- built on kernel functionality
Why we're studying unix
- all operating systems have basically the same architecture
- windows is just a variation on unix
- windows comes from vms
- increment(vms) -> wnt