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Ubuntu 13.04 – How to Run a Shell / Command Line / Terminal as root
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 13.04. It is probably the same for other versions of Ubuntu and (probably) most other Linux distributions, but no guarantee is made. Detailed instructions for opening a command line / terminal can be found here. When you open a terminal in Ubuntu, you do not have administrative privileges. This means that there are some operations you cannot perform at the terminal. Ubuntu provides the sudo command which temporarily grants you administrative privilege. However, you still have to type sudo before each administrative command you want to perform. If you want to live dangerously and have full root access while at the terminal, enter the following command in the terminal: sudo bash After entering your password, you now be running with full root privilege at the command line: Note: in order for this to … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 13.04 – Basic Command Line Techniques
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 13.04. It is probably the same for every other version of Ubuntu and all other Linux distros, but I make no guarantee. Linux (on which Ubuntu is based) is fundamentally a command line driven operating system. While there are graphical interfaces to many of the available commands, sometimes you need (or have no choice) to work at the command line. There are five fundamental things everyone working at the command line should know (or at least be aware of): man pipes redirection less (or more) ls man man is short for manual man is the help file. When you want to know more about a command, you enter man <command name> to display information about the command. For example: man ls will bring up the man page for the command ls. You could also enter man man to display … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 13.04 – How to get a Command Line, Shell, or Terminal
These instructions are for Ubuntu 13.04 using the Unity interface (although, hints are provided at the bottom of the article for those who have installed a different desktop). Linux (of which Ubuntu is a flavour) and it’s inspiration Unix, have a strong emphasis and tradition of doing everything via typed commands. Often, when searching the Internet for a solution to a problem, you often find terse (possibly cryptic) answers along the lines of: Test if you can reach Google with ping -c 4 google.com or To recursively change your file permissions just: chmod 755 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs In order to run those commands, you have to open a shell or command line or terminal (they are all synonymous, but shell is the preferred term in Linux and Unix circles). There are many different shells, the original Unix shell … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to Run a Shell / Command Line / Terminal with root Privilege / Access
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04. It should be the same for other versions of Ubuntu and (probably) most other Linux distributions, but no guarantee is made./p> Detailed instructions for opening a command line / terminal can be found here. When you open a terminal in Ubuntu, you do not have administrative privileges. This means that there are some operations you cannot perform at the terminal. Ubuntu provides the sudo command which temporarily grants you administrative privilege. However, you still have to type sudo before each administrative command you want to perform. If you want to live dangerously and have full root access while at the terminal, enter the following command in the terminal: sudo bash After entering your password, you now be running with full root privilege at the command line: Note: in order for this to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 12.04 – Basic Command Line Techniques
This tutorial is for Ubuntu 12.04. It should be the same for every other version of Ubuntu and all other Linux distros, but I make no guarantee. Linux (on which Ubuntu is based) is fundamentally a command line driven operating system. While there are graphical interfaces to many of the available commands, sometimes you need (or have no choice) to work at the command line. There are five fundamental things everyone working at the command line should know (or at least be aware of): man pipes redirection more ls man man is short for manual man is the help file. When you want to know more about a command, you enter man <command name> to display information about the command. For example: man ls will bring up the man page for the command ls. You could also enter man man to display information about … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.10 – How to get a Command Line, Shell, or Terminal
These instructions are for Ubuntu 12.10 using the Unity interface (although, hints are provided at the bottom of the article for those who have installed a different desktop). Linux (of which Ubuntu is a flavour) and it’s inspiration Unix, have a strong emphasis and tradition of doing everything via typed commands. Often, when searching the Internet for a solution to a problem, you often find terse (possibly cryptic) answers along the lines of: Test if you can reach Google with ping -c 4 google.com or To recursively change your file permissions just: chmod 755 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs In order to run those commands, you have to open a shell or command line or terminal (they are all synonymous, but shell is the preferred term in Linux and Unix circles). There are many different shells, the original Unix shell … Read entire article »
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Ubuntu 12.04 – How to get a Command Line, Shell, or Terminal
These instructions are for Ubuntu 12.04 using the Unity interface (although, hints are provided at the bottom of the article for those who have installed a different desktop). Linux (of which Ubuntu is a flavour) and it’s inspiration Unix, have a strong emphasis and tradition of doing everything via typed commands. Often, when searching the Internet for a solution to a problem, you often find terse (possibly cryptic) answers along the lines of: Test if you can reach Google with ping -c 4 google.com or To recursively change your file permissions just: chmod 755 -R /opt/lampp/htdocs In order to run those commands, you have to open a shell or command line or terminal (they are all synonymous, but shell is the preferred term in Linux and Unix circles). There are many different shells, the original Unix shell … Read entire article »
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