LAB 5

Direction:

For each of the following commands write a description of what it does and provide a screenshot with an example of its usage:

  1. apt-get update
  2. ping
  3. netstat
  4. wget
  5. locate
  6. gzip
  7. gunzip
  8. tar
  9. zip
  10. unzip

    apt-get update:

    This command his used to update the system package in linux mint from the repository.


    apt

    ping:

    For example: ping linuxcommand.com and ping localhost. Which shows a location of a file or host while linuzxommand.com shows where someone could download on the commands like a host page.

    ping

    netstat:


    This command is used to examine various network settings and their statistics.

    netstat -ie

    wget:

    The wget command used to downloading files in the linux mint program on the terminal.
    wget

    locate:

    However the locate command is used to performs a search of pathnames and outputs those that matches the substring. Also, used to help find command options which is more.

    locate

    gzip:

    In fact the gzip command used to compress one or as many files as a user wants.

    gzip

    gunzip:

    The gunzip command used for decompress a zip file or files.

    gunzip1  gunzip2

    tar:

     This command used for archiving files using linux mint.

    tar

    zip: 

    The zip command is both a compression tool and an archiver which is used in the function of linux mint terminal.

    zip

    unzip:

    The unzip command is used to decompress a zip file or files.

    unzip

    In short, these commands are well knowing in the linux mint terminal because of their function purpose for shot cuts. These command are used in almost everyday life as an engineering software commands. However, the most difficult one I have came across by doing this lab was the tar. I created the tar file and it was zip and when I try to use tar to extract the file it came out and created a folder on the desktop. Which I hope was correct. As well for the other commands everything went well and it was more strange forward.
    The netstat command used to examine various network settings and statistics.This command used to determine if a remote location is reachableThe apt-get update command used to update the system packages from the repository of the linux mint program.

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