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The Command Line

8 Topics • 22 Lessons

A hands-on introduction to the terminal - navigating, running commands, and the shell - the foundation every builder needs.

Course Contents

Start Here

1 lesson

Welcome & How to Use This Course

What the Terminal Is & Opening It

3 lessons

What the Terminal Is

Opening the Terminal on Any OS

Check Yourself

Navigating the Filesystem

3 lessons

Where Am I? pwd and ls

Moving Around: cd, Paths, and Tab

Check Yourself

Working with Files & Folders

3 lessons

Creating and Viewing: mkdir, touch, cat, less

Copy, Move, and Remove: cp, mv, rm

Check Yourself

Commands, Flags & Getting Help

3 lessons

The Anatomy of a Command

Quoting Arguments & Getting Help

Check Yourself

Pipes, Redirection & Finding Things

3 lessons

Pipes & Redirection

grep, find & Wildcards

Check Yourself

Environment, PATH & Running Programs

3 lessons

Environment Variables

PATH, Running Programs & Installing Tools

Check Yourself

Practical & Safe Habits

3 lessons

Everyday Terminal Habits

Staying Safe: rm, sudo & Checking the Path

Check Yourself