Your First Commands

Linux lab Beginner 5 tasks 10 points

Welcome aboard! This is a real Linux machine running inside your browser. Click the terminal, type each command and press Enter. The tasks on the right tick themselves off as you complete them.

How it works: the terminal below is a real Linux machine running in your browser. Click it and type. Tasks tick themselves off as you complete them; questions are answered in the box under each task. Press Reset any time for a fresh machine.

student@vulntech:~ Starting…
Getting your Linux machine ready…
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Hints

Every command is typed after the prompt student@vulntech:~$, followed by Enter.

The computer's name is also in the prompt itself: student@vulntech.

Solution explanation

whoami prints your username (student), hostname prints the machine's name (vulntech), date prints the date and time, and echo prints its arguments back.

Show solution
whoami
hostname
date
echo Hello, Linux
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