30. Mastering The Terminal

305. Why Do We Need to Know Terminal Commands?

 

- Speed, access, many tools

 

- Terminal: A text-based interface to computer. Originally a physical object, but now we use software terminals.

 

- Shell: The program running on the terminal.

 

- Bash: One of the most popular shells

 

 

306. The Basics: ls & pwd

 

- ls: List files and directories

 

- pwd: Print working directory

 

 

307. Changing Directories

 

- cd: Change (working) directory

 

 

310. Making Directories

 

- mkdir: Make directory (directories)

 

 

311. Man Pages & flags

 

- man: Manual

 

 

312. The Touch Command

 

- touch: to change file access and modification times

 

 

313. Removing Files & Folders

 

- rm: Remove files or directories