@@ -218,9 +218,55 @@ When you do `ls -al` you see a different view and many hidden files.
ls -al
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## Start a simple program:
## Command line tools and parameters
***
* Intro to command, parameters
Let's do something fun!
On our server, we will download a zip file, unzip the contents, make a small change and re-zip everything together. Ready? First, let's understand the zip command.
* Connect to the server
* Go to folder `myFirstFolder`
* Zip the two files you created
```bash
zip myArchive.zip myFile.txt file3.txt
```
* Check the contents of the zip archive
```bash
unzip -l myArchive.zip
```
Couple of notes:
*`-l` is a parameter. You can see what these parameters mean by doing `man unzip`.
* Google is your friend!
### Let us download a zip from the Internet and extract its contents
Let's go:
```bash
cd
wget http://bit.ly/anArchive -O myName.zip
ls
```
* First I check the contents to make sure it's what I wanted: