Class 3 Tue, 2017-09-05 Shell


Notes on software

first killer app: VisiCalc
Linux on PC , Microsoft tax
GNU project FSF (Richard Stallman), Copyleft, GNU license (GPL), Creative Commons
contemporary computers: what does that mean for science

shell and command line

open terminal (xterm, aterm, Apple 'terminal', iTerm2)
make sure we have /bin/(t)csh: echo $SHELL; other shells: sh, bash, ash, ksh, MSFT "powershell"
mouse interaction: cut, paste, double-click, right click, middle click, Apple-C,X,V
shell I: whoami, w, who, last, finger, uname, groups, root, passwd, users, which, $path, rehash, date, cal
shell II: ls, .hidden, which ls, man --> prompt command options arguments