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I just received a beautiful brand new machine with Linux Red Hat 5. (Red Hat 6 does not support certain proprietary software). It is a fast machine with lost of speed, storage, and a high end video card. I will be using the machine to run graphics intensive software. I will also be using the machine to modify this software. In addition to software modification, I will be developing algorithms that use multiple languages including Fortran, C, Perl, &amp;&nbsp;Python in addition to basic shell scripts. I do not need to know these languages in depth, but what I really need is a &nbsp;basic foundational understanding of a little of the network of my system and linux/commands commands. I have root access. Is there a suggested list of basic unix/linux commands that would be appropriate? My knowledge is somewhat limited in the area but I have worked with unix/linux on a limited scale.
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I just received a beautiful brand new machine with Linux Red Hat 5. (Red Hat 6 does not support certain proprietary software). It is a fast machine with lost of speed, storage, and a high end video card. I will be using the machine to run graphics intensive software. I will also be using the machine to modify this software. In addition to software modification, I will be developing algorithms that use multiple languages including Fortran, C, Perl, & Python in addition to basic shell scripts. I do not need to know these languages in depth, but what I really need is a  basic foundational understanding of a little of the network of my system and linux/commands commands. I have root access. Is there a suggested list of basic unix/linux commands that would be appropriate? My knowledge is somewhat limited in the area but I have worked with unix/linux on a limited scale.

Linux Unix basic command recommendations

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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An algorithm is a self-contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed. Algorithms exist that perform calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning. Starting from an initial state and initial input (perhaps empty), the instructions describe a computation that, when executed, proceeds through a finite number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing "output" and terminating at a final ending state. The transition from one state to the next is not necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as randomized algorithms, incorporate random input.