First day of class - introduction

We'll be doing introductions of everybody today, and then we'll start a lecture on basic UNIX commands that you'll use throughout the course. UNIX commands that we'll cover:

ls - list files in working directory
pwd - print working directory
cd - change directory
mkdir - make directory
rmdir - remove directory
rm - remove file
rm -r - remove entire directory and everything inside
mv - move/rename files
cp - copy files

A quick command for creating a file to play with:
echo "hi" > file.txt
This will create a file named "file.txt" in your current directory. How this technically works will be explained in lecture on Wednesday.

Go to the "Online Resources" section on this web site for the link to download and install SSH. Information you will need for connecting to the servers:
Server Address: cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
Username: Your login name given in your account sheet
Password: Your password

There is also a link to a UNIX commands guide on the "Online Resources" section on the web site. You could check it out to review the materials covered in lecture today. You could also learn extra advanced UNIX commands if you are interested, from it.