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Learning Linux Command Line: Introduction and Chapter 1

This document provides a list of commands and elements covered in the LinkedIn Learning course "Learning Linux Command Line" by Scott Simpson. The commands are organized by chapter and include basic file navigation commands like ls, cd and cp. It also covers text processing/manipulation commands such as grep, sed and awk as well as system information commands like uname, free and df. The document serves as a reference guide to the key Linux commands and concepts taught in the course.

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136 views

Learning Linux Command Line: Introduction and Chapter 1

This document provides a list of commands and elements covered in the LinkedIn Learning course "Learning Linux Command Line" by Scott Simpson. The commands are organized by chapter and include basic file navigation commands like ls, cd and cp. It also covers text processing/manipulation commands such as grep, sed and awk as well as system information commands like uname, free and df. The document serves as a reference guide to the key Linux commands and concepts taught in the course.

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Learning Linux Command Line

with Scott Simpson

This is a list of commands and other elements used in Learning Linux Command Line from LinkedIn
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Introduction and Chapter 1


bash – a common shell interpreter
git – software for managing source code and files

Chapter 2
ls – list the contents of a folder
man – open the manual pages (online help) for a command
apropos – look up a command name or description

Chapter 3
cd – change directory
pwd – print working (current) directory
cp – copy a file
mv – move or rename a file
mkdir – create a folder
rmdir – remove an empty folder
. – represents the current folder
.. – represents the parent folder
* – represents zero or more characters
? – represents one of any character
rm – remove a file
find – locate files and folders matching certain parameters (e.g., find / -name “myfile”)
su – switch or substitute user
sudo – temporarily use the privileges of the superuser (root)
chmod – change file permission mode
cat – concatenate or attach two files (also used to display a file on the screen)
ln – create hard or soft (symbolic) links to files
/ – represents the root level of the filesystem, and is also used to separate folders in paths

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Chapter 4
| – pipe command (directs the output of one command to the input of the next)
echo – display text
wc – display the number of lines, words, and characters in given input
head – view the first few lines of a text file
tail – view the last few lines of a text file
less – direct text output into a browsable view
grep – search a string or a file for text or a regular expression
awk – extract and modify text from a file or text stream
sed – process lines of text from a file or text stream
sort – change the display order of lines of text
vim – a widely used, powerful text editor
nano – a lightweight, easy-to-use text editor
tar – create or extract a (tape) archive file
ls – list the contents of a folder
zip – create a zip archive
unzip – extract a zip archive
ls – list the contents of a folder
> – redirect output of a command, truncating an existing file
>> – redirect output of a command, appending to an existing file
env – display environment variables
which – show which executable is being used
~/.profile – the user’s shell settings

Chapter 5
uname – view information about the operating system
free – view information about the system’s memory (RAM)
df – show used and free space on the filesystem
du – show how much space files and folders take up
lshw – show system hardware
ip – show network adapter information
apt – package manager for Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
yum – package manager for Red Hat, CentOS, etc.
dnf – package manager for Fedora
yast – package manager for SUSE
pacman – package manager for Arch
tree – show folder hierarchy visually
man – open the manual pages (online help) for a command
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