Linux
Putty
On Mac, there is a similar, built-in application
called Terminal.
To start Terminal, go to your Mac’s
Applications folder => click on the Utilities folder => then
click on Terminal.
Terminal - used to interact with "main-frame"
computers
Terminal Emulator (Putty)
Linux - Unix based operating system
Distributions/Distros/Flavors
Taz - a server running "CentOS release 6.4" in
the HU cs department
commands ... ls, cd, cat, rm, mkdir,passwd
linux os
commands - command line programs for necessary
operations
ls or ls
cp – copy a file to
another location
mv – rename a file
cd – change
directory/folder
mkdir – create a
directory/folder
rm – remove file (rm
–r )
rmdir – remove
directory
pwd – print working
directory
cat – shows contents of a
text file
man/info – to get help on
a program
clear – clears the
screen
nano – text editor
sudo – run a program as
the root (super user)
vi – text editor
command line history using up
and down arrows
./programName - to use a
program in the current directory
compile a program using g++
g++ program.cpp -o
program
run a program
./program
