After every screenful, it prompts you. If you type d , it will show the next screenful. If you type h , it will show you all the commands it understands, including going backward in the file and searching for particular text. The dot on a line by itself terminates the message. First Exercise Sending raphael mail in this way from the Multilab constitutes the first exercise.
All exercises are due class time, one week from date of assignment.
If you need to access Linux in the Multilab from outside, connect to phlox.cs.uky.edu , which is usually running Linux. After hours, all machines in the Multilab run Linux only. They are all named after flowers. You can configure the command interpreter so it won't let you overwrite a file by such redirection. You can look at ls.out with the less program.