Midori-Obsidian/Midori's Linux Dojo 🌸/Phase 1 - Walking/Exercises.md

🪴 Phase 1: Walking

Goal: Get comfortable with the Linux command line

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🎯 Exercise 1 — Your First Commands

SSH into alpine-1 (through hop):

# Who am I?
whoami                  # → root
hostname                # → localhost (or your hostname)
uname -a                # Show full system info
uptime                  # How long since boot

# Where am I?
pwd                     # Print working directory
ls -la /                # List root directory contents

# Make a file
echo "Hello from Phase 1!" > /root/hello.txt
ls -l /root/hello.txt   # Check file details
cat /root/hello.txt      # Read the file

Repeat on alpine-2 too!

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🎯 Exercise 2 — Navigation & File Basics

# Explore directories
ls /
ls /etc
ls /var
ls /home

# Create a directory structure
mkdir -p /root/lab/{notes,scripts,logs}
ls -R /root/lab

# Copy and move files
cp /root/hello.txt /root/lab/notes/
mv /root/hello.txt /root/lab/backup.txt

# Read system files
cat /etc/hostname
cat /etc/os-release
cat /etc/passwd

# Answer these:
echo $SHELL             # What shell am I using?
wc -l /etc/passwd       # How many users?
uname -r                # Kernel version

📝 Questions to answer:

1. What is your shell?
2. How many users are listed in /etc/passwd?
3. What kernel version are you running?

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🎯 Exercise 3 — File Permissions

# Check permissions
ls -la /root/lab/notes/
ls -la /root/lab/

# Change permissions
chmod 644 /root/lab/notes/hello.txt
chmod 755 /root/lab/scripts

# Create a script
echo '#!/bin/sh' > /root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh
echo 'echo "Hello from a script!"' >> /root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh
chmod +x /root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh
./root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh

# Test permissions
chmod -x /root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh
./root/lab/scripts/sayhello.sh   # What happens?

📝 Questions:

1. What do the numbers 644, 755, and +x mean?
2. What happens when you remove execute permission from a script?

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🎯 Exercise 4 — Text Editors

# Try nano (easier)
nano /root/lab/notes/my-notes.txt
# Type some text, Ctrl+O to save, Ctrl+X to exit

# Try vi (classic)
vi /root/lab/notes/vi-practice.txt
# Press 'i' to insert, type something
# Press Esc, then ':wq' to save and quit

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✅ Phase 1 Complete Checklist

• Exercise 1: whoami, uname -a, file creation
• Exercise 2: Directory structure, cp, mv, cat
• Exercise 3: chmod, permissions understanding
• Exercise 4: Text editors (nano + vi)

Next: Phase 2 - Networking 🌐