NUI, Galway Compsoc :: Learning

Recent News

We're No 1!

We've reached the top! (Of Google!)
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Firefox 3 Download Day

Firefox 3 has been officially released and is looking to set a world record for the most downloaded piece of software in 24hrs.
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SSL Renewed

SSL cert has been renewed by the admin team.
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Documentation

Getting a little frustrated using the command line? Want to hone your Linux skills? Look no further! Our online documentation is written by members to show you how to perform the most common tasks you'll find yourself doing.

Account

What your username is used for

Your e-mail address

Your personal website

Password

Importance of a good password

How to change your password

How to choose a good password

Logging In

Using PuTTY to login

Transferring Files

How to logout

Command

Commands

File System

Listing files

Traversing directories

Copying files

Moving files

Creating / deleting directories

Moving / copying directories

Deleting files

Symbolic links (ln)

Permissions

What users and groups are

The different permissions

How to change/set permissions

Faster permission changing

Compression

tar

gzip

bzip2

zip and rar

Jobs

What a job is

Suspending a Job

Backgrounding Jobs

Bringing to foreground

Listing jobs

Stopping jobs

Using the Shell

What the shell is

Tab completion

Scrolling

Useful Keystrokes

Configuring the Shell

Bash config files

Command aliases

Changing / adding to path

Changing command prompt

Internet

Lynx

W3m

Links

Wget

SCP

Chat / IRC

Screen

SFTP

FTP

ncFTP

SSH

Other Users

finger

last

write and talk

mesg

E-mail

Mutt

System Activity

Show usage with top

List processes with ps

Show process tree

Killing processes