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Introduction to Bash

Introduction to Linux

Getting Meta Information in Bash

Introduction to Command Line

Commands & Arguments (Optional)

Getting Info about Commands

Finding System Date and Time

Other Commonly Used Bash Commands

Navigation Commands

Pathnames in Bash Symbolic Links & Hard Links Check the Current Directory in Bash Navigate between Directories Display Files in a Directory Create a Directory in Bash Remove a Directory in Bash Quick Quiz!

File Manipulation Commands

Create a File in Bash Remove a File in Bash Open/Display Content of a File Move Files in a Directory Copying Files in Bash Zipping a File in Bash Quick Quiz!

Permission Commands

What are Permissions?Set/Remove Permissions in Bash Quick Quiz!

Filtering & Searching Commands

Searching in Bash Sorting File Contents in Order Viewing Beginning and Ending Contents of Files Filtering Repeated Lines Out Regular Expressions (Regex)GREP vs. EGREP vs. FGREP Quick Quiz!

System & Process Commands

Processes Jobs: How Do They Differ from Processes Getting Root Privileges Killing a Process Quick Quiz!

Variables and Environment

Variables and their Types Variable Assignment & Expansion Terminal is fun (Really)Caution: Cool Stuff Ahead!The Real Power of Bash How to Use Git with Bash Quick Quiz!

An Overview of Commands

Misc. Commands' Cheatsheet Final Quiz

Bash for Programmers/

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Finding System Date and Time

Finding System Date and Time

This lesson will guide you through getting system date and time in your desired format.

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date

Definition:

The date command is used to print out or change system time and date.

Syntax:

date [+FORMAT]

Format:

Format Sequence

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