Appendix A: Command Line Crash Course

This appendix is a quick super fast course in using the command line. It is intended to be done rapidly in about a day or two, and not meant to teach you advanced shell usage.

• Introduction
• Exercise 1: The Setup
• Exercise 2: Paths, Folders, Directories (pwd)
• Exercise 3: If You Get Lost
• Exercise 4: Make A Directory (mkdir)
• Exercise 5: Change Directory (cd)
• Exercise 6: List Directory (ls)
• Exercise 7: Remove Directory (rmdir)
• Exercise 8: Moving Around (pushd, popd)
• Exercise 9: Making Empty Files (Touch, New-Item)
• Exercise 10: Copy a File (cp)
• Exercise 11: Moving a File (mv)
• Exercise 12: View a File (less, MORE)
• Exercise 13: Stream a File (cat)
• Exercise 14: Removing a File (rm)
• Exercise 15: Exiting Your Terminal (exit)
• Next Steps