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Complete Beginner's Guide to the Windows Command Line
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Complete Beginner's Guide to the Windows Command Line

No prior command line necessary! A TRUE beginners course. Go from not knowing what the command line is to automation!
Created byScrappy Mouse
Last updated 7/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Understand what the command prompt(cmd) is, and more importantly WHY you'd want to use it.
  • Understand multiple file commands, copy, move, rename, etc
  • Understand what a batch file is, and how to use them to accomplish tasks.
  • Automate your first task in Windows. All using the command line.

Course content

8 sections • 23 lectures • 2h 30m total length

  • Introduction to the windows command prompt, what is it?3:42

    Introduction of what the command prompt is, and an intro to CD (Change Directory) command.

  • Navigating the Command line, what is a path?6:05

    A more in depth video on navigating the command prompt with the CHDIR(CD) command, and an intro to the DIR command.

  • Viewing and listing files with DIR and TREE commands.3:34

    All about using viewing files, More of the DIR command and also the TREE command.

Requirements

  • This is a true beginner level course, if you know how to use Windows (even barely) than you should be able to follow along.

Description

This course is designed for the complete beginner in the windows command line. You'll go from not knowing what the command line is, all the way through automating your first task! You'll learn how to copy, move, delete files. You'll learn basics about file extensions and why they're important, you'll learn how to write your first Batch File, and how to automate that task.  You'll learn about command line options and redirection.


I do my very best to explain everything in detail. Have you ever wondered why in the movies there's always some IT person or a hacker typing away into a black box on their computer? Have you ever wondered WHAT they were typing? The simple answer is they are typing commands into a terminal, if you don't understand what I mean by that, that's OK! I explain it in this course.


Hopefully by the end of this course you have a solid foundation and understand the structure of what a command looks like, but more important than WHAT is WHY you'd want to use the command line instead of the Graphical User Interface(GUI for short). The simple answer is that it will time, even if you're a slow typer!

Who this course is for:

  • This is a true beginner's level course, if the idea of a command line/command prompt is foreign to you, then this course is for you. I expect no previous command line experience.

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