Basic Commands

Using Basic CloudShell Commands

In this step, we will use several basic CloudShell commands that are commonly used in Cloud Journey lab exercises.

1. Use the pwd command to view the current working directory path.

2. To view files and directories along with the permissions of the user and group for each, enter the command ls -la.

   • Here you will see the rwx permissions, where r=read, w=write, and x=execute.

   • Each group of 3 characters represents the permissions of the user - group user - other user respectively.

     • Example: the .config folder has permissions rwxr-xr-x. Split into 3 parts: rwx | r-x | r-x. This means the user has rwx, the group user has r & x, and the other user has r & x. Where user = cloudshell-user and group user = cloudshell-user.

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3. Now we will create a directory, create a file, edit it, and read its content.

   • Use the command mkdir project to create a directory.
   • Navigate into the directory using cd project.
   • Create a file inside the directory using touch test.txt.
   • To write content to the file test.txt, enter vi test.txt, then press i to begin editing the file. Type some content, for example Hello First Cloud AI Journey!. Press ESC and type :wq to save and exit.

   

   

   • View the content of the file just written using cat test.txt.