This page should serve as a reference for the many "things Linux" we use in this course. It is by no means complete – Linux is **huge** – but offers introductions to many important topics.
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- Macs and Linux have a Terminal program built-in
- Windows options:
- Windows 10+
- Command Prompt and PowerShell programs have ssh and scp (may require latest Windows updates)
- Start menu → Search for Command
- Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
- simple Terminal and file copy programs
- download either the Putty installer or just putty.exe (Terminal) and pscp.exe (secure copy client)
- Windows Subsystem for Linux – Windows 10 Professional includes a Ubuntu-like bash shells
- See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
- We recommend the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but any Linux distribution will have an SSH client
- Command Prompt and PowerShell programs have ssh and scp (may require latest Windows updates)
- Windows 10+
Use ssh (secure shell) to login to a remote computers.
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# General form: ssh <user_name>@<full_host_name> # For example ssh abattenh@ls6.tacc.utexas.edu |
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- Right arrow and Left arrow move the cursor forward or backward on the current command line.
- Use Ctrl-a (holding down the Control key and a) to jump the cursor to the beginning start of the line.
- Use Ctrl-e to jump the cursor to the end of the line.
- Arrow keys are also modified by Ctrl- (Windows) or Option- (Mac)
- Ctrl-right-arrow (Windows) or Option-right-arrow (Mac) will skip by "word" forward
- Ctrl-left-arrow (Windows) or Option-left-arrow (Mac) will skip by "word" backward
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