PART 1–

Class here is the steps for the assignment:

1. Provide a screenshot that shows you were able to install Vmware. If you are on a Windows computer, this means that the VM must be a version of Linux that is shown, anything else you need a Windows VM.

Take a screenshot of every step, paste them in a Word document and label each one with the step number.

2. In Linux, open a terminal and use the command to show the working directory you are in.

3. Use the command to show the contents of the directory.

4. Create a Directory called IT315

4. Move to the that directory and use the command to show the working directory to prove you are at there.

5. Move back into root directory.

6. Use one of the file creation commands to create a file named it315.txt.

7. Use one of the file commands to add “Hello World!” to the file it315.txt.

8. Use the copy command to create a file newfile.txt that is copied from it315.txt.

9. Move newfile.txt into IT315.

10. Move into IT315 dir

11. Use one of the file commands to add 20 lines of random text to the newfile.txt file.

12. Use the head command to display the first 7 lines of the newfile.txt.

13. Use the tail command to display the last 10 lines of the newfile.txt.

14. Move back to root folder, and grep the ps -aux command to look for the word grep and send the output to a file named processes.txt

PART 2–

Linux Memory Lab

Cache Lab
On your Linux machine, use ___________ command that displays the memory
Using the previous command, add the ability to have the command output in “human readable” format
Physical Memory___________________
Total Cached___________________
Available ___________________
Free___________________
Again, use the previous two commands and add the ability to watch the memory in real time.
Leave that running in the background and open new terminal.
Run the command that create a flag file that will dump your cache memory.
What happened? What changed?

Swap Lab
Run the command that will allow you to add to the system config file that will allow you to change the swap percentage.
What command did you use?
What happened? Do you see you any difference?
*Note: Make sure you >> and NOT > because that will overwrite the entire system file instead of appending the file