Running Programs, Permissions, Processes and Downloading

** Git & GitHub in Practice: Push, Pull & Heal (Part 1 of 3)
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Learning Objectives

  • Run a script from the command line and understand execute permissions
  • Change file permissions and ownership using chmod and chown, and explain when sudo is needed
  • Check running processes and stop one safely using ps/top and kill
  • Check disk and folder space, read command documentation, and download files or call APIs with curl and wget

Key Topics Covered

  • ./program and execute permissions
  • chmod, chown, sudo
  • ps, top, kill, killall
  • df -h, du -sh
  • man, –help
  • curl, wget

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