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   1 [11:22] <mohi1> ========================DAY 1 PABLORUBIANES UBUNTU BASICS===================
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   4 [11:23] <PabloRubianes> well after taking to mohi1 he told me that there were some interest to talk about the terminal
   5 [11:23] <PabloRubianes> i am here mohi1 :P
   6 [11:23] <mohi1> okay good :D
   7 [11:24] <PabloRubianes> So I'll be taking about this in the first ubuntu basics talk
   8 [11:24] <mohi1> ok
   9 [11:24] <PabloRubianes> the first command I will talk about is "man"
  10 [11:25] <PabloRubianes> this is a very helpful one for beginners
  11 [11:25] <mohi1> ok
  12 [11:25] <PabloRubianes> as give us a manual to help us
  13 [11:26] <PabloRubianes> and you use it like this: man (command)
  14 [11:26] <mohi1> example...
  15 [11:26] <PabloRubianes> "man ls"
  16 [11:26] <PabloRubianes> put that in the terminal that i imagine you have open :P
  17 [11:27] <DiegoTc>       PabloRubianes: can you wait some mintues
  18 [11:27] <PabloRubianes> to exit the Manual you have to press q
  19 [11:27] <DiegoTc>       i have a friend who will love to be here
  20 [11:27] <PabloRubianes> "q"
  21 [11:27] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, wait
  22 [11:27] <Love20>        ok I got it
  23 [11:28] <PabloRubianes> yes DiegoTc if mohi1 don't have problem
  24 [11:28] <PabloRubianes> It's ok by me ;-)
  25 [11:28] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, ^^^^^
  26 [11:28] <PabloRubianes> while we wait love20 doing fine?
  27 [11:28] <DiegoTc>       PabloRubianes mohi1 she is going to enter right now
  28 [11:29] <DiegoTc>       her name is tatica1
  29 [11:29] <mohi1> welcomed always :)
  30 [11:29] <PabloRubianes> ok DiegoTc we will be nice
  31 [11:29] <DiegoTc>       is she doesn't appear in 3 min
  32 [11:29] <DiegoTc>       go ahead
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  35 [11:29] <mohi1> we will wait for next three min :P
  36 [11:29] <DiegoTc>       PabloRubianes: she is here
  37 [11:29] <Love20>        hi tatica
  38 [11:30] <tatica1>       Hi
  39 [11:30] <PabloRubianes> hi tatica1
  40 [11:30] <DiegoTc>       tatica1: the class is on english
  41 [11:30] <tatica1>       o/
  42 [11:30] <tatica1>       ok
  43 [11:30] <tatica1>       :D
  44 [11:30] <mohi1> tatica1 here you can see the logs later
  45 [11:30] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, continue
  46 [11:30] <mohi1> or start again :P
  47 [11:30] <PabloRubianes> good... i start again i had done little
  48 [11:31] <mohi1> ok
  49 [11:31] <PabloRubianes> before I restart I want to tell you that we are on an interactive talk so ask or just say something
  50 [11:31] <PabloRubianes> to make this fun ;-)
  51 [11:31] <mohi1> ok sire
  52 [11:32] <PabloRubianes> the first command I was talking about was "man"
  53 [11:32] <PabloRubianes> the "man" command give us a manual for other commands
  54 [11:33] <PabloRubianes> and for example you use it like this: man ls
  55 [11:33] <PabloRubianes> worked?
  56 [11:33] <mohi1> tatica1, well todays class is about terminal codes
  57 [11:34] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, yes it worked
  58 [11:34] <tatica1>       yes I Know
  59 [11:34] <tatica1>       :D
  60 [11:34] <PabloRubianes> love20 tatica1 go on?
  61 [11:34] <Love20>        yeah
  62 [11:34] <PabloRubianes> fine
  63 [11:35] <PabloRubianes> to exit the man mode you just press "q"
  64 [11:36] <mohi1> ok
  65 [11:36] <PabloRubianes> now that you can ask for help to the "man" I will go on with some navegational commands to move throw the directories
  66 [11:37] <PabloRubianes> to see the content of a directory you use the "ls" or "dir" i preffer "ls"
  67 [11:37] <PabloRubianes> try to put "ls" on the terminal
  68 [11:37] <mohi1> list all the contents in it....
  69 [11:38] <PabloRubianes> you get a list of the dir
  70 [11:38] <Love20>        hrm
  71 [11:39] <PabloRubianes> and if you give parameters to ls you can get to see the atributes and hidden files
  72 [11:39] <PabloRubianes> this you do it by doing this... write "ls -al"
  73 [11:40] <Love20>        returns error
  74 [11:40] <mohi1> cool
  75 [11:40] <mohi1> and can a folder be hidden in linux?
  76 [11:40] <Love20>        ls-al: command not found
  77 [11:40] <mohi1> Love20, type ls -al
  78 [11:40] <Love20>        hrm
  79 [11:40] <mohi1> space
  80 [11:40] <PabloRubianes> the space is needed Love20
  81 [11:41] <mohi1> ls "space" -al
  82 [11:41] <Love20>        yeah got it
  83 [11:41] <PabloRubianes> tatica1: fine?
  84 [11:41] <tatica1>       yes
  85 [11:42] <PabloRubianes> "tip" on the "man" for "ls" there's the full list of parameters for that command
  86 [11:42] <PabloRubianes> example if you like the list view just put "ls -l"
  87 [11:42] <mohi1> yeah seeing 'em
  88 [11:43] <tatica1>       ;)
  89 [11:44] <PabloRubianes> now another command
  90 [11:44] <mohi1> ok
  91 [11:44] <PabloRubianes> "cd"
  92 [11:44] <PabloRubianes> this allows us to move to other directory
  93 [11:45] <mohi1> getting into a directory right??
  94 [11:45] <PabloRubianes> yes mohi1
  95 [11:45] <tatica1>       How?? Nothing happens on mine
  96 [11:45] <PabloRubianes> do this tatica1
  97 [11:45] <PabloRubianes> press ls to see the list of direcotorir
  98 [11:45] <PabloRubianes> directories
  99 [11:45] <PabloRubianes> choose any
 100 [11:46] <mohi1> tatica1, you have any folders in elvira(i mean home folder)
 101 [11:46] <PabloRubianes> and then press: cd directory
 102 [11:46] <tatica1>       yes
 103 [11:46] <tatica1>       i do
 104 [11:46] <tatica1>       ok
 105 [11:46] <PabloRubianes> CASE SENSITIVE!!!
 106 [11:47] <PabloRubianes> tatica1: and stress too.. if you speak spanish like me you will have Música not Musica for example
 107 [11:47] <mohi1> tatica1, got anything?
 108 [11:47] <tatica1>       it's ok mine is in english
 109 [11:48] <PabloRubianes> well all of you could go somewhere else?
 110 [11:48] <tatica1>       nop :(
 111 [11:48] <tatica1>       you told me to press on any folder
 112 [11:48] <tatica1>       but if I press I don get anythig
 113 [11:48] <PabloRubianes> but write the name
 114 [11:48] <tatica1>       don't
 115 [11:49] <tatica1>       ok
 116 [11:49] <mohi1> tatica1, when you had done "ls" it will list the folders right?
 117 [11:49] <tatica1>       yes
 118 [11:49] <tatica1>       the I must type "cd Desktop" ?????
 119 [11:49] <PabloRubianes> yes
 120 [11:49] <mohi1> now do one thing. type cd "anyfolder name listed in ls"
 121 [11:49] <tatica1>       ok
 122 [11:50] <mohi1> remember it must be a folder
 123 [11:51] <PabloRubianes> if you want to move to a folder inside a folder you can use the command: cd Folder/FolderInside
 124 [11:51] <PabloRubianes> and add as much /Folder as you have
 125 [11:52] <mohi1> tatica1, you can try this,
 126 [11:52] <PabloRubianes> and to go back to the previous folder you can use this: cd ...
 127 [11:52] <tatica1>       I tried with all of them but I still get "No such file or directory"
 128 [11:52] <mohi1> type "cd" a space and press tab
 129 [11:52] <mohi1> lol
 130 [11:53] <mohi1> tatica1, tell me the folders in your home folder
 131 [11:53] <tatica1>       Photos Public Ubuntu One amsn received
 132 [11:53] <tatica1>       Desktop Documents
 133 [11:54] <PabloRubianes> press cd Photos
 134 [11:54] <tatica1>       usic Pictures Templates
 135 [11:54] <PabloRubianes> and it should work
 136 [11:54] <tatica1>       No such file or directory :(
 137 [11:54] <mohi1> tatica1, are you in terminal?
 138 [11:54] <tatica1>       yes
 139 [11:54] <mohi1> odd
 140 [11:55] <mohi1> just do this tatica1
 141 [11:55] <mohi1> type "cd" a space and press tab
 142 [11:55] <Love20>        cd Pictures
 143 [11:55] <Love20>        try this
 144 [11:55] <mohi1> it will list all folders in the location
 145 [11:55] <tatica1>       yes
 146 [11:56] <PabloRubianes> now worked tatica1?
 147 [11:56] <tatica1>       yes
 148 [11:56] <mohi1> so, type any one folder name listed below at cd "folder name"
 149 [11:56] <PabloRubianes> fine!
 150 [11:56] <mohi1> cool
 151 [11:56] <mohi1> tatica1, is that really worked??
 152 [11:57] <tatica1>       yes
 153 [11:57] <PabloRubianes> well let me log to see where I where?
 154 [11:57] <mohi1> okay cool :)
 155 [11:57] <PabloRubianes> if you want to move to a folder inside a folder you can use the command: cd Folder/FolderInside
 156 [11:58] <PabloRubianes> you can do this with as many /Folder as you have
 157 [11:58] <mohi1> ok
 158 [11:59] <PabloRubianes> to go to the previous folder (One folder up) you just put: cd ...
 159 [11:59] <PabloRubianes> and to go back to your home folder wherever you are you just to type: cd
 160 [12:00] <mohi1> ok
 161 [12:00] <PabloRubianes> and it goes back to you home
 162 [12:00] <PabloRubianes> well that's it for change directories, any question?
 163 [12:00] <tatica1>       nop
 164 [12:01] <PabloRubianes> love20?
 165 [12:01] <Love20>        no
 166 [12:01] <mohi1> hrm well tatica1 , Love20 you know where you can get your "D" and "E" drives?
 167 [12:01] <Love20>        where?
 168 [12:01] <tatica1>       no
 169 [12:02] <PabloRubianes> mohi1: all yours :P
 170 [12:02] <mohi1> no PabloRubianes yours
 171 [12:03] <mohi1> well first we have to know mounting a drive
 172 [12:03] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, will tell how to do in terminal
 173 [12:03] <mohi1> PabloRubianes will tell how to do in terminal
 174 [12:04] <PabloRubianes> i am mounting a cd to be sure i dont miss nothing...
 175 [12:04] <PabloRubianes> you do this for example a cd
 176 [12:05] <mohi1> ok
 177 [12:05] <PabloRubianes> you put: cd media
 178 [12:05] <PabloRubianes> and then: cd cdrom0
 179 [12:06] <PabloRubianes> and you get your CD rom content
 180 [12:06] <PabloRubianes> i was going to talk about some special folder later on
 181 [12:06] <mohi1> Love20, tatica1 it worked?
 182 [12:06] <Love20>        no I haven't got
 183 [12:06] <Love20>        No such file or directory
 184 [12:06] <tatica1>       I'm in an Acer Aspire One netbook
 185 [12:07] <PabloRubianes> is cd /media
 186 [12:07] <mohi1> hrm tatica1 ok
 187 [12:07] <PabloRubianes> forgot the "/"
 188 [12:07] <mohi1> Love20, may be ^^
 189 [12:08] <Love20>        yeah got it with /
 190 [12:08] <mohi1> tatica1, you also try
 191 [12:08] <PabloRubianes> cd /media
 192 [12:09] <tatica1>       without a CD?
 193 [12:09] <mohi1> yes try
 194 [12:09] <tatica1>       i got this .... elvira@elvira-laptop:/media$
 195 [12:10] <PabloRubianes> ther you are on the media folder
 196 [12:10] <PabloRubianes> if you type ls
 197 [12:10] <PabloRubianes> you get the content of the media folder
 198 [12:11] <tatica1>       ahhhhh ok I'm getting this ;)
 199 [12:11] <PabloRubianes> good tatica1
 200 [12:11] <PabloRubianes> well i was going to say this at the end but now is a fine momento
 201 [12:11] <DiegoTc>       tatica1: the ls command (te permite ver todo el contenido del folder)
 202 [12:11] <tatica1>       yes ok
 203 [12:11] <tatica1>       i got it now
 204 [12:12] <mohi1> ok
 205 [12:12] <tatica1>       I wasn sure the propose of it
 206 [12:12] <tatica1>       but I'm clear now
 207 [12:12] <PabloRubianes> on your system there are some folders that you may not know what they are for:
 208 [12:13] <PabloRubianes> the "bin" folder contains all the binaries for you programs
 209 [12:14] <PabloRubianes> "boot" has the boot files to start the system
 210 [12:14] <mohi1> ok
 211 [12:14] <PabloRubianes> "etc" has configurations for the system (very important)
 212 [12:15] <PabloRubianes> "home" are the files and folders of you (the user)
 213 [12:15] <tatica1>       ok
 214 [12:15] <PabloRubianes> "lib" has the libraries fot the system
 215 [12:16] <PabloRubianes> "media" is where the devices mount (cd-rom, dvd, or USB for example)
 216 [12:16] <PabloRubianes> "sbin" binaries for the Super user
 217 [12:17] <PabloRubianes> "tmp" temporal files
 218 [12:17] <PabloRubianes> and there are others... all this folders are place in the root or "/"
 219 [12:18] <mohi1> hmm ok
 220 [12:18] <PabloRubianes> i told you this because when you find them you tend to think "What's all this!!!???"
 221 [12:19] <PabloRubianes> questions?
 222 [12:19] <Love20>        no
 223 [12:19] <mohi1> nope
 224 [12:19] <PabloRubianes> tatica1: ?
 225 [12:19] <tatica1>       ;)
 226 [12:19] <tatica1>       nop
 227 [12:19] <PabloRubianes> great!
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 229 [12:20] <PabloRubianes> going back to folders and stuff
 230 [12:20] <PabloRubianes> type: cd
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 232 [12:20] <mohi1> it returns to mohi@mohi: $
 233 [12:21] <PabloRubianes> now you are on your folder
 234 [12:21] <tatica1>       ok
 235 [12:21] <PabloRubianes> now... to create a folder you have to type: mkdir Test
 236 [12:21] <PabloRubianes> or the name you want
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 241 [12:22] <tatica1>       elvira Test?
 242 [12:22] <tatica1>       what is the name
 243 [12:22] <PabloRubianes> mkdir is the command to create a folder
 244 [12:22] <tatica1>       ok
 245 [12:22] <PabloRubianes> and Test is the name of the folder
 246 [12:23] <PabloRubianes> could be anyone
 247 [12:23] <tatica1>       ok
 248 [12:23] <mohi1> tatica1, check it by typing man mkdir
 249 [12:23] <PabloRubianes> after the creation type ls and you will get the list with the new folder
 250 [12:24] <tatica1>       yeap
 251 [12:24] <tatica1>       ;)
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 254 [12:24] <PabloRubianes> cool
 255 [12:24] <PabloRubianes> love20?
 256 [12:24] <pedro3005>     hi
 257 [12:24] <Love20>        got it
 258 [12:24] <mohi1> pedro3005, bye :P
 259 [12:25] <pedro3005>     mohi1, damn you!
 260 [12:25] <mohi1> hahaha
 261 [12:25] <PabloRubianes> pedro3005: we are in the middle of a terminal commands class
 262 [12:25] <pedro3005>     mohi1, aw come on. it's not even 8.30 yet
 263 [12:25] <pedro3005>     PabloRubianes, ah, sorry for interrupting. go on
 264 [12:25] <PabloRubianes> no problem pedro3005
 265 [12:26] <PabloRubianes> you can copy the new test folder by:
 266 [12:26] <PabloRubianes> typing
 267 [12:27] <PabloRubianes> cp originalfolder destination
 268 [12:27] <PabloRubianes> something like this
 269 [12:27] <PabloRubianes> coping test to music: cp Test Music
 270 [12:27] <PabloRubianes> clear?
 271 [12:28] <mohi1> ya
 272 [12:28] <mohi1> i got details using man cp
 273 [12:28] <Love20>        yes
 274 [12:28] <tatica1>       yes
 275 [12:28] <PabloRubianes> if you cd Music and then ls you will see the folder there too
 276 [12:29] <PabloRubianes> please go to the folder you copy test to...
 277 [12:29] <PabloRubianes> there?
 278 [12:30] <mohi1> ya it has a copy of it
 279 [12:30] <mohi1> QUEST: how to copy a data in a folder?
 280 [12:31] <PabloRubianes> cp (file) (souce) (destination)
 281 [12:32] <mohi1> ah ok
 282 [12:32] <PabloRubianes> mohi1: that's what you where asking?
 283 [12:32] <mohi1> yes
 284 [12:32] <PabloRubianes> cool
 285 [12:32] <PabloRubianes> well i am gonna tell you how to delete the folder
 286 [12:32] <PabloRubianes> WARNING!!!!
 287 [12:33] <PabloRubianes> every time you are going to delete something... be sure that you what to delete
 288 [12:34] <PabloRubianes> everyone is on the folder that contains the Test Folder?
 289 [12:34] <mohi1> ok
 290 [12:34] <mohi1> yes sir
 291 [12:35] <tatica1>       yes
 292 [12:35] <PabloRubianes> Love20?
 293 [12:35] <Love20>        yes sir
 294 [12:36] <PabloRubianes> well to delete it you have to type: rm -r directory
 295 [12:36] <PabloRubianes> directory = Test or the one you did
 296 [12:37] <Love20>        got it
 297 [12:37] <mohi1> QUEST: "-r" is for what?
 298 [12:37] <PabloRubianes> if you ls the folder is gone
 299 [12:38] <PabloRubianes> -r remove directories and their contents recursively
 300 [12:42] <mohi1> PabloRubianes, continue
 301 [12:42] <PabloRubianes> well i think he is right!
 302 [12:42] <PabloRubianes> well
 303 [12:42] <mohi1> ok
 304 [12:43] <PabloRubianes> any question?
 305 [12:43] <Love20>        nope
 306 [12:44] <tatica1>       nop
 307 [12:44] <mohi1> no
 308 [12:44] <PabloRubianes> well i think it will be better to go on next week...
 309 [12:45] <PabloRubianes> try everything I told you... be really carefull by deleting something....
 310 [12:45] <mohi1> ok no problem
 311 [12:45] <mohi1> ok PabloRubianes :)
 312 [12:45] <Love20>        ok sir
 313 [12:45] <PabloRubianes> next week will be more interesting!!!
 314 [12:46] <mohi1> hrm sure =]
 315 [12:46] <PabloRubianes> but the first class is always the boring one!!!
 316 [12:46] <Love20>        waiting for next week.....
 317 [12:46] <mohi1> ===========================END OF DAY 1 UBUNTU BASICS===================