Learning Linux Command Line 

Learning Linux command line

What you should know

A very quick intro to Linux

Creating a Linux virtual machine

Following along on other platforms

Using GitHub Codespaces with this course

What is the command line?

Understand how commands are structured

Write commands in a shell at the prompt

Finding help for commands

Helpful keyboard shortcuts in the terminal

Challenge: Find command information

Solution: Find command information

The Linux file system

Understanding file paths

Navigating the file system

Exploring the output of the ls command

Create and remove directories

Copy, move, and delete files and directories

Find files from the command line

Understand user roles and sudo

Understand file permissions

Modify file permissions

Create hard and symbolic links

Challenge: Fix broken syntax

Solution: Fix broken syntax

Challenge: Practice working with files

Solution: Practice working with files

The Unix philosophy

Use pipes to connect commands together

View text files with cat, head, tail, and less

Search for text in files and streams with grep

Manipulate text with awk, sed, and sort

Edit text with Vim

Edit text with nano

Working with tar and zip archives

Challenge: Create and share a file

Solution: Create and share a file

Output redirection

Exploring environment variables and PATH

Challenge: Extract information from a text file

Solution: Extract information from a text file

Find information about your Linux distribution

Find system hardware and disk information

Install and update software with a package manager

Next steps