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09-05-2014

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Hi everyone,

I just started my ERP Systems Administration class a couple weeks ago and we're focusing on Unix/Linux and SAP systems. For Unix/Linux we're using Putty.

This teacher is trying to make the class as close to as real as a job as he can. The class is at 9 AM (he teaches an 8 AM class right before this) and he doesn't really give any instruction as to how to accomplish anything. He gives us homework and groupwork with things to be done but no how to or reference material. In class he's lectured a little bit on commands and shortcuts in linux/unix (most of it went over my head) but that's about all the instruction we get.

So my questions are probably so basic I should be embarrassed, but I currently know next to nothing so please bare with me. And to be clear I'm not complaining about the style of the class (yet lol) just letting you know why my questions are so elementary.

Code:

cd /bin 
pwd
ls -l

After entering the code above one of the questions is:
What is the meaning of having a �d�, �l� or �-�as the first character in the display from the above command?

As I understand it, the code is taking me to the bin directory (not sure what that is) and pwd is simply displaying the directory I'm currently in. ls -l is to list files and directories, I assume -l is to display the files and directories in "l" (whatever "l" is).

With that being said, I believe a "d" as the first character means that the file is a directory or sub-directory. Files starting with "l" seem to have text in the far right column colored blue while files starting with "-" have text in the far right column colored green. And some of the data in the far right column for the "l" files point farther right to green data.

What does all of this tell me? I have no idea.

Can anyone help me out with this?

SomeDudeOnline

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ISWDIGIT(3)						     Linux Programmer's Manual						       ISWDIGIT(3)

NAME

       iswdigit - test for decimal digit wide character

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wctype.h>

       int iswdigit(wint_t wc);

DESCRIPTION

       The  iswdigit  function	is the wide-character equivalent of the isdigit function. It tests whether wc is a wide character belonging to the
       wide character class "digit".

       The wide character class "digit" is a subclass of the wide character class "xdigit", and therefore also a subclass of  the  wide  character
       class "alnum", of the wide character class "graph" and of the wide character class "print".

       Being a subclass of the wide character class "print", the wide character class "digit" is disjoint from the wide character class "cntrl".

       Being  a  subclass  of the wide character class "graph", the wide character class "digit" is disjoint from the wide character class "space"
       and its subclass "blank".

       Being a subclass of the wide character class "alnum", the wide character class "digit" is disjoint from the wide character class "punct".

       The wide character class "digit" is disjoint from the wide character class "alpha" and therefore also disjoint from its subclasses "lower",
       "upper".

       The wide character class "digit" always contains exactly the digits '0' to '9'.

RETURN VALUE

       The iswdigit function returns non-zero if wc is a wide character belonging to the wide character class "digit". Otherwise it returns zero.

CONFORMING TO

       ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98

SEE ALSO

       isdigit(3), iswctype(3)

NOTES

       The behaviour of iswdigit depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

GNU
								    1999-07-25							       ISWDIGIT(3)

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