Command Line Crash Course for Beginners - Terminal Commands

Overview

Learn essential terminal commands and navigate the command line with confidence in this comprehensive 45-minute video tutorial for beginners. Explore the importance of command line proficiency, understand the differences between command line, terminal, and shell, and discover cross-platform compatibility tips. Master fundamental commands like ls, cd, mkdir, and rm, as well as more advanced techniques such as piping, grep, and symlinks. Practice file manipulation, text editing, and system navigation while gaining valuable insights into efficient command line usage. Suitable for users across different operating systems, this crash course provides a solid foundation for command line mastery.

Syllabus

- Intro.
- Agora Sponsor.
- Slides Start.
- Why Learn The Command Line?.
- Command Line vs Terminal vs Shell.
- Let's Talk About Windows.
- Gist File.
- Up & Down Arrow.
- Tab Key.
- Keyboard Shortcuts.
- man.
- whoami.
- date.
- clear.
- pwd.
- ls.
- cd.
- open, start, xdg-open.
- mkdir.
- touch.
- rm.
- rm -r.
- cp.
- mv.
- cat.
- RIght Angle Bracket (piping).
- less.
- head.
- tail.
- nano.
- echo.
- grep.
- find.
- More On Piping.
- ln (symlinks).
- tar.
- history.