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Command Line for beginners: (Linux, MacOS, Windows)
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Command Line for beginners: (Linux, MacOS, Windows)

Perform useful tasks from the command line interface
Last updated 3/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • How to open the command line
  • The prompt
  • How to display current user
  • How to display computer name
  • How to display current working directory
  • How to list files and directory
  • How to change directory
  • How to create a directory
  • How to create a file
  • How to copy a file
  • How to move a file
  • How to delete a file

Course content

2 sections17 lectures54m total length
  • overview of command line tools for Windows, Mac and Linux2:00
  • Introduction1:18
  • What is the command line interface1:36
  • How to open the command line5:03
  • The prompt2:46
  • How to display username of current user2:27
  • How to display computer name1:31
  • How to display current working directory2:25
  • How to list files and directories2:30
  • How to change directory4:56
  • How to create a new directory3:09
  • How to create a new file4:59
  • How to copy files4:54
  • How to move files4:58
  • How to delete files and directories7:38
  • Thank You0:09

Requirements

  • A computer running Ubuntu or some other version of Linux, Windows, MacOS

Description

The command line is a quick, powerful, text-based interface developers use to more effectively and efficiently communicate with computers to accomplish a wider set of tasks.

Command-line interface(CLI), is a text-based application for giving commands, viewing, handling, and manipulating files on your computer.

Command-line interface comes built in for free in most operating systems. It is known as the  following in different operating systems:

Command Prompt (Windows)

Terminal  (Mac Os)

Terminal or Terminal Emulator (Linux based systems )

Knowing how to use the command line interface is a useful skill to have when working with computers  particularly if you plan to learn how to write computer programs or become a developer or programmer.

This course will teach you some basic and commonly used commands on the command line interface. Knowing how to use the command line interface is a very useful skill to add to  your skillset.  The command line interface can be used to perform a variety of tasks.


What You will learn :

  • How to open the command line

  • The prompt

  • How to display current user

  • How to display computer name

  • How to display current working directory

  • How to list files and directory

  • How to change directory

  • How to create a directory

  • How to create a file

  • How to copy a file

  • How to move a file

  • How to delete a file


Who this course is for:

  • Absolute beginners to command line interface