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This page should serve as a reference for the many "things Linux" we use in this course. It is by no means complete – Linux is **huge** – but offers introductions to many important topics.

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• Macs and Linux have a Terminal program built-in
• Windows options:
  • Windows 10+
    • Command Prompt and PowerShell programs have ssh and scp (may require latest Windows updates)
      • Start menu → Search for Command
    • Putty – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
      
      • simple Terminal and file copy programs
      • download either the Putty installer or just putty.exe (Terminal) and pscp.exe (secure copy client)
    • Windows Subsystem for Linux – Windows 10 Professional includes a Ubuntu-like bash shells
      • See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
      • We recommend the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but any Linux distribution will have an SSH client

Use ssh (secure shell) to login to a remote computers.

# General form:
ssh <user_name>@<full_host_name>

# For example
ssh abattenh@ls6.tacc.utexas.edu

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You know the command line is ready for input when you see the command line prompt. It can be configured differently on different systems, but on our system it shows your account name, server name, current directory, then a dollar sign ($). Note the tilde character ( ~ ) signifies your Home directory.

The shell executes command line input when it sees a linefeed character (\n, also called a newline), which happens when you press Enter after entering the command.

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