
Learn how to navigate Linux directories using pwd, cd, and ls, understand tilde and root paths, and recognize case sensitivity in directory names.
Master navigating the filesystem with ls and cd, viewing details with ls -l, and uncovering hidden files with ls -a while distinguishing directories, files, and symbolic links.
Explore how file permissions control access by the owner, the owner's group, and others, using read, write, and execute flags, and understand the type indicator, such as dash for files.
Explore wildcard usage in the Linux shell by using star and question mark patterns with ls to match zero or more characters and exactly one character.
Practice copying files between working and final directories using cp, then move and rename with mv, and delete with rm, while using a wildcard to batch operations.
This course is teaches the basics of using the linux shell, and is intended as a first course in using the terminal. In just under an hour, you’ll learn how to navigate the directory structure, show the contents of directories, how to understand and work with file permissions, how to copy, move, and remove files and directories, and more.
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This is the first course in a new series of courses on the linux shell. Upcoming courses will explore various aspects of the shell, such as scripting, using utilities such as grep and sed, C and Perl programming in linux, and the file structure.
I hope you join me as we explore linux together.