Unit 0: Conversing in Plain Text

Follow Along

mkdir test/
cd test

echo "hello world" > hello.txt
cat hello.txt
wc -c hello.txt

# open Microsoft Word
# type hello world
# save file to your test folder as hello.docx
cat hello.docx
wc -c hello.docx

# What other information accounts for the disparity between hello.txt and hello.docx?

Historical Interlude: Morse and Baudot

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Your Turn

• Find three different types of files online
• Download to your test/ directory
• use cat to peak inside