Remote Working

Learning and using shell commands is essential for efficient remote work in Software Engineering. Shell commands provide powerful tools for managing tasks over a network.

Note: To practice these commands, you’ll need access to a remote system, which will be covered in the last session about networking.

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tar

• Description: A utility to manipulate archives.

• Example usage:

  tar -cvf archive.tar directory/ # Creating a tar archive from files in a directory
  tar -xvf archive.tar # Extracting files from a tar archive
  

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wget

• Description: A command-line utility for downloading files from the internet.

• Example usage:

  wget https://example.com/file.zip # Downloading a file from a URL
  wget -O output_filename.zip https://example.com/file.zip # Downloading a file and specifying an output filename
  

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ssh

• Description: Secure Shell protocol used for securely connecting to a remote system over a network.

• Example usage:

  ssh username@remote_host # Connecting to a remote server
  ssh -p 2222 username@remote_host # Connecting to a remote server on a specific port (default port is 22)
  

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scp

• Description: Securely copy files between a local and a remote system using Secure Copy Protocol (SCP).

• Example usage:

  scp username@remote_host:/remote/file.txt /local/directory/ # Copying from remote to local
  scp /local/file.txt username@remote_host:/remote/directory/ # Copying from local to remote
  

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