Good morning
Mi Jul 03 08:05:13 2013
Thank You for help.


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How can I do this?

 > Picking your reply text out of mine or others' is very difficult.
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How can I produce a marker in the email?


 > The root, "/", is the top of the filesystem tree. Everything can be found
 > from there by descending into subdirectories.
 >
 > Your "home" directory is the working directory you start with when
 > you log in, and is a special area set aside in the system for _your_
 > files. It is owned by you, and you can do what you like inside it.
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So when I am searching
file
which I wrote by myself
I should start
grep in the home-directory, is this right?
Thank You for help.

 > Of you look at your $PATH variable by going:
 >
 >    echo $PATH
echo $PATH
/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

I did it
but the result is confusing me:
I opened the terminal:
echo $PATH


 > you will see a list of directories, separated by colons.
 > Program files like in those directories.
So I should copy a compiled file
or a  shell file
in one of these directories?
What directory should I use for own files?

 >
 > Normally there will be a "bin" directory in your own home directory,
 > eg "/home/name/bin", at the start of your $PATH. This lets you write
 > your own commands and have somewhere to put them.
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So I should use:
/home/name/bin.


 >
 > | Ist home where the data files are?
 >
 > Your home directory is where your files live, be they data or
 > program.  "/home" is a common convention for where the user home
 > directories are stored.
So
maybe this is computer1 with user1.
When I start using user2, then there will be a new home directory.
Where using
Linux
Xubuntu
Siduction
is the place for
create a second user?

  So in there is probably "/home/name"
 > containing your files, and "/home/some-other-name" containing the
 > files of another user.
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Thank You.

 >
 > | | A better command for your example might be:
 > | |
 > | | grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
 > | |
 > | | *
 > | | grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
 > | | Is this better then
 > | | grep -r "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
 > |
 > | Slightly. "*" will not match files/directories starting with a dot 
("."),
 > | like .ssh. That is a convention to "hide" configuration files as a
 > | matter of convenience.
 > | It may be what you want, or it may not.
 > |
 > | *
 > | So if I am searching for my data files like
 > | text.txt
 > | pic.gif
 > | movie.avi
 > |
 > | then it is the same and I can use both like:
 > | grep -r "thisismyAIM" . > resu.txt
 > | grep -r "thisismyAIM" * > resu.txt
 > | ?
 >
 > Pretty much, yes.
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Thank You.


 >
 > | Searching * will missing the "dot" names.
 >
 > This is becuase then you type:
 >
 >    grep thisismyAIM *
 >
 > the shell expands the "*" into a list of your files in the current
 > directory, so the actual command that is _run_ looks like this:
 >
 >    grep thisismyAIM movie.avi pic.gif text.txt
 >
 > (whatever the real files are, of course). The expansion of "*" will
 > not include any "dot" files like ".bash_profile". This is a
 > convenience.
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Thank You.
I am learning step by step
so again thank You to the Email group.

Regards
Sophie





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