Lab 5

In this lab we learn the functions of various commands using a linux terminal. The commands are listed below with a description and screenshot of its behaviour.

command apt-get update: used to update the system packages

apt-get update

command ping: used to see the distance of the inquery

ping

command netstat: used to examine network settings and other various statistics

netstat

command wget: used to download files

wget

command locate: used to find pathnames of a file

locate

command gzip: used to create a compressed file of one or more files

gzip

command gunzip: used to decompress files

gunzip

command tar: used to archive files

tar

command zip: compresses and archives file(s)

zip

command unzip: decompresses zip files

unzip

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