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YouTube Videos
Lullabot.com created a great series of video tutorials about the Unix command line interface or "Terminal" for short. If you're in CS 139/149, you may have already seen the first video below. For this week's lab, you should not only be familiar with moving around the command line (video #1), but also how to copy/move/delete files (video #2).
Ideally you should follow along while watching the
videos, either in the Linux lab or on your own computer. If you have a Mac,
simply run the Terminal application that comes with OS X. If you have a PC, you
may
install PuTTY (download putty-0.63-installer.exe) and connect to the CS
Department's Linux server over the Internet. (After running PuTTY, enter
student.cs.jmu.edu for the hostname, then click "Open" and log in
using your JMU account.)
Part 1: Moving Around the Command Line
Don't forget: the up/down arrows and the tab key are your best friends when working on the command line. Pay close attention to how the video demonstrates tab-completion.
Part 2: Copy, Move, Delete on Command Line
Of course you can do all of these tasks in a graphical file manager. But if you learn how to navigate the file system from the terminal, you will be a lot more productive as a computer user.