In this command line tutorial for beginners, you'll learn terminal basics, bash commands, and essential CLI skills used by developers, DevOps engineers, and data analysts.
Code is available on the Scrimba course page for each lesson.
This course is perfect for beginners looking to demystify the command line and start using it with confidence. You'll do all this while building the file structure for a quiz game.
What is the command line? The command line is a text-based interface that lets you interact directly with your computer's operating system. It may look intimidating at first, but it's incredibly powerful once you know the basics.
Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:56 Demystifying the command line 08:42 Inspect the file tree with ls 14:17 Rules of navigation 20:36 Create & delete files with touch and rm 25:21 Create & delete directories with mkdir, rmdir, and -r 30:18 Write to files with echo 37:24 Read from files with cat 43:32 Section 1 outro
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