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Old 10-16-2011, 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tomelk31 View Post
It is a project which is supposed to get us used to linux commands. Their is no GUI and just using commands to see what the outcomes are.
That's pretty funny.

So, a batch file is just a series of DOS commands structured in such a way as to perform a series of actions. My guess is your .bat file probably has a series of prompts and responses that make the Windows Command Prompt look like Linux.

What is really interesting about this is that your Mac essentially uses the same shell as many Linux distributions (bash). So, you can use the commands for real right on your Mac without having to run any sort of "emulator".

I would also recommend to the educator that he or she simply burn the class some Linux "live" CDs to practice with.
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