
Explore what a terminal is and how to open and use it on Mac OS and Linux-based machines, compare it to graphical interfaces, and customize colors.
Learn to navigate a terminal by printing your working directory, listing items, and changing directories to reach folders like desktop, coding, and terminal.
Navigate a terminal using pwd, ls, and cd to explore the current directory, then create directories with mkdir and return home with cd ...
Learn to navigate the terminal, move and organize files using mv, copy with cp, and rename files, using tab completion to speed up path discovery.
Master basic command line operations, including navigating directories, creating folders with mkdir, moving and copying files, renaming, and understanding path syntax in the terminal.
Explore the Vim editor inside the terminal, learning to create, edit, and save files using insert mode, escape to command mode, and commands like w, q, and wq.
Promote daily water stewardship by fixing leaks, turning off taps, and taking short showers; recognize our privilege and responsibility to help the 2.2 billion without clean water.
Welcome to absolute beginnings in command line arguments. This course gets you started in your programming journey and working in a terminal in under 40 minutes in a Mac or Linux based machine. I hope you watch it at one stretch. Shorter than one episode of Game of Thrones but will get you started on your path to become a programmer! Here I make sure to tell you all the basics of using a terminal to get you started.
What we learn:
1. What is a terminal?
2. How to navigate and find your way in a terminal? : Basic Command Line Arguments
3. How move things around in a terminal?
4. Using the 'vim' editor
Hope you'll join me in the course!