Introduction

Why use the command line?

The world of operating systems

What is Linux?

Shells and Bash

Setup For Linux Users

Setup For Mac Users

Setup For Windows (WSL)

Using The Terminal

whoami

clear

intro to options

mkdir

touch

rmdir

open

head

tail

date

redirecting standard output

less

echo

piping

sort

uniq

expansions

diff

find

grep

history

kill

killall

jobs, bg, and fg

gzip

gunzip

nano

alias

xargs

sudo

passwd

chown

Understanding permissions

chmod

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⭐️ Course Contents ⭐️
⌨️ (0:00:00) Introduction
⌨️ (0:04:37) Why use the command line?
⌨️ (0:06:56) The world of operating systems
⌨️ (0:10:56) What is Linux?
⌨️ (0:16:58) Shells and Bash
⌨️ (0:19:28) Setup For Linux Users
⌨️ (0:20:28) Setup For Mac Users
⌨️ (0:21:05) Setup For Windows (WSL)
⌨️ (0:29:43) Using The Terminal
⌨️ (0:31:12) whoami
⌨️ (0:32:34) man
⌨️ (0:33:40) clear
⌨️ (0:36:42) intro to options
⌨️ (0:39:05) pwd
⌨️ (0:41:07) ls
⌨️ (0:49:21) cd
⌨️ (1:00:40) mkdir
⌨️ (1:06:33) touch
⌨️ (1:12:03) rmdir
⌨️ (1:13:05) rm
⌨️ (1:21:26) open
⌨️ (1:23:55) mv
⌨️ (1:27:51) cp
⌨️ (1:31:56) head
⌨️ (1:33:02) tail
⌨️ (1:35:27) date
⌨️ (1:36:02) redirecting standard output
⌨️ (1:41:48) cat
⌨️ (1:46:15) less
⌨️ (1:49:17) echo
⌨️ (1:51:38) wc
⌨️ (1:53:52) piping
⌨️ (1:56:43) sort
⌨️ (2:01:09) uniq
⌨️ (2:06:59) expansions
⌨️ (2:17:08) diff
⌨️ (2:21:01) find
⌨️ (2:32:10) grep
⌨️ (2:36:52) du
⌨️ (2:40:55) df
⌨️ (2:44:04) history
⌨️ (2:47:32) ps
⌨️ (2:51:50) top
⌨️ (2:54:02) kill
⌨️ (3:00:13) killall
⌨️ (3:01:37) jobs, bg, and fg
⌨️ (3:09:40) gzip
⌨️ (3:12:18) gunzip
⌨️ (3:15:27) tar
⌨️ (3:23:36) nano
⌨️ (3:31:17) alias
⌨️ (3:42:48) xargs
⌨️ (3:50:57) ln
⌨️ (4:01:49) who
⌨️ (4:03:47) su
⌨️ (4:08:32) sudo
⌨️ (4:18:36) passwd
⌨️ (4:21:54) chown
⌨️ (4:31:08) Understanding permissions
⌨️ (4:47:15) chmod

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