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How to use the Command Line | Terminal Basics for Beginners

317,478 views October 25, 2017 13:51

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Todays video is about the basics of the command line. Commandline is the ultimate seat of power on your computer. He’s in the commandline you can perform from the most basic of tasks, to the most complex using nothing more than your keyboard and it’s installed operating system.

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Command line is at its core, a place where you can type commands into the computer and watch magic app. This is the most basic of programming you tell a computer to do something and it follows your instructions. Speak to the computer if to speak his language to get it commands you have to know the commands first.

A lot of people or really afraid of the commandline because it has no graphical user interface, it’s just you and the computer. In this video cover the very first few commands you should learn to master the commandline. There’s so much more that you can do, but you have to walk before you can run.

As a web developer it’s Hibbett all that you understand how to use the command line with her you’re on Mac or Windows, it’s the foundation to using amazing tools like GIT and making your design and development workflow super powerful.


Here are the commands covered in this video:
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pwd - print working directory
ls - List files
cd directoryname - Change directory
touch filename - Make file
rm filename - Remove file
rm -r directoryname - Remove directory
clear - ear what’s on the screen
nano - create a file and write in it
../ - go up one level


Here are a couple helpful links for for the reading on the command line.
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davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/command-line/
blog.teamtreehouse.com/introduction-to-the-mac-…
macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-software/how-use-ter…


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Jesse Showalter published this 13:51 video tutorial on October 25, 2017. It has been watched 317,478 times on YouTube.

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  • How to Use The Command Line linfo.org

    The command line (i.e., all-text display mode) is a key part of any truly modern computer operating system 1.. Because graphical user interfaces (GUIs) have become very easy to use in the past decade or so, it is no lon…

  • How to use the Windows command line (DOS) computerhope.com

    How to delete a file, directory, or folder. Running a program. Any executable file can run from the command line by typing the name of the file. For example, if you listed files using the dir command and see a file name…

  • Getting to Know the Command Line | David Baumgold davidbaumgold.com

    Getting to Know the Command Line. This tutorial is for beginner users who want to learn the basics of how to use the command line. Here's another basic command line tutorial with more information, if you'd like to learn…

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