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Using the Command Line
It's time for your first command line experience! In this lab, we will use SSH to connect to a remote server, log in, and run a few commands. The purpose of this lab is to help you become familiar with and comfortable using the command line to connect to a remote Linux host. This is something you're going to be doing often as you work with Linux, so let's practice!

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Connect to the Remote Server
Using your SSH client, connect to the remote server using the address, username, and password provided.
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Challenge
Run Some Commands
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Run the following commands and note their output:
whoami
ls
Note: files have been added to the instance so you can see sample output.
pwd
last
uptime
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Congratulations! You have successfully run some of the most common commands in Linux! For some additional context on each of these commands, try adding
man
to the front and running them again. For example:man whoami
man ls
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