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Gain insights into the command-line interface, delve into navigating file systems, creating scripts, and automating tasks to enhance productivity and control your computer efficiently.

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In this course, you will get the chance to explore the command-line interface (CLI), starting with basics like navigating file systems and working with directories and files. Then, you will use those building blocks to tackle more advanced features and tasks within the CLI. You will also learn to turn basic commands into executable scripts and easily automate common tasks. This course will empower you to put the interface to work, take complete control of your computer, and hack your way to productivity.

In this course, you will get the chance to explore the command-line interface (CLI), starting with basics like navigating file s...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Understand the working of the command-line interface.

Learn how to create an Ubuntu virtual machine.

Understand navigating the filesystem and directories.

Learn about networking tools like web APIs, cURL, Secure Shell, rsync, and Netcat.

Learn about executing programs and automating tasks, including scripts.

Understand program tools like ranger, pandoc, direnv, HTTP, Pygments, jrln, jq, and Siege.

Understand the working of the command-line interface.

Content

120 Lessons10 Quizzes

Introduction

13 Lessons

Get familiar with the command-line interface, navigation, file management, and useful shortcuts.

Why Take This Course?

Accessing the Command-Line Interface

Getting Your Bearings

Creating and Reading Files

Redirecting Streams of Text

Installing Additional Programs with a Package Manager

Downloading Files

Useful Shortcuts and Commands

Quiz 1

Creating an Ubuntu Virtual Machine with VirtualBox

7 Lessons

Unpack the core of setting up and optimizing an Ubuntu VM using VirtualBox.

Creating a New Virtual Machine

Configuring a Network

Installing the Guest Operating System

Working with Snapshots

Installing Software with the Package Manager

Improving Performance by Installing Guest Additions

Quiz 2

Navigating the Filesystem

9 Lessons

Examine key command-line tools for navigating filesystems, managing disk space, and finding files efficiently.

Listing Files and Directories

Recursive File Listings

Navigating Files and Folders

Relative and Absolute Paths

Dot and Double Dots

Using pushd and popd to Manage a Stack of Directories

Finding Files

Identifying Available Disk Space

Quiz 3

Working with Files and Directories

15 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of creating, managing, and organizing files and directories using commands efficiently.

Creating Files

Creating Files with Content

Writing Multiple Lines to a File

Combining Files

Reading the Beginning and End of a File

Creating Directories

Copying Files

Copying Directories

Moving and Renaming Files and Directories

Deleting Files and Directories

Managing File and Directory Permissions

Changing Ownership

Working with Links

Getting More Information About Filesystem Objects

Quiz 4

Build File/Directory Explorer in Flask

Project

Streams Of Text

15 Lessons

Solve problems in redirecting streams, piping data, text editing, and advanced text processing.

Introduction

Redirecting Input and Output with File Descriptors

Creating Pipelines of Data

Splitting Streams with tee

Handling Standard Error Streams

Filtering with grep

Removing Characters from Output with cut

Sorting Output

Editing Streams with sed

Saving Changes

Editing Specific Lines

Operating on Lines by Number

Advanced Processing with awk

Using xargs

Quiz 5

The Shell and Environment

12 Lessons

Follow the process of managing environment variables and customizing the shell.

Exploring Environment and Shell Variables

Using Variables

Locating Executables with PATH

Setting Our Own Variables

Supplying Environment Variables to Specific Programs

Customizing a Shell Session

Controlling the History and Setting the Shell Editor

Modifying the PATH

Modifying a Prompt

Creating Shortcuts with Aliases and Functions

Creating Keyboard Shortcuts

Quiz 6

Running and Managing Programs

14 Lessons

Master the steps to efficiently run, manage, and optimize command-line programs and processes.

Running Multiline Commands

Executing a Series of Commands

Running Commands in Subshells

Timing Program Execution

Recording Program Interaction

Reusing Previous Commands and Arguments

Extracting Data with Modifiers

Correcting Mistakes and Altering Previous Commands

Managing Processes and Jobs

Running and Managing Jobs

Terminating Processes

Command Substitution

Keeping Commands Running with GNU Screen

Quiz 7

Write a Shell in C

Project

Networking Tools

13 Lessons

Learn how to use networking tools for IP info, testing connections, web requests, file transfers, and securing networks.

Getting Our Connection Information

Finding Information about Domain Names

Testing Network Connectivity

Making Web Requests with cURL

Downloading Files

Working with Web APIs

Using Secure Shell to Connect to Remote Machines

Transferring Files with scp

Transferring and Synchronizing Files with rsync

Exploring Network Connections and Determining Open Ports

Making Web Requests with NetCat

Serving Files with NetCat

Quiz 8

Automation

7 Lessons

Get started with automating tasks, writing scripts, and enhancing productivity using make and bash.

Introduction

Automating Tasks with make

Writing Bash Scripts

Automating File and Directory Creation

Making an Interactive Script

Automating Our Workstation Setup

Quiz 9

10.

Additional Programs

13 Lessons

Examine essential command-line tools for managing files, documents, tasks, environments, and performance.

Managing Files with ranger

Managing Documents with pandoc

Running Tasks When Files Change

Using direnv to Manage Environment Variables

Monitor and Manage Resources with htop

Autocompleting Files, Directories, Processes, and More with fzf

Serving up a Directory with Python

Viewing Colored Source Code with Pygments

Keeping a Log with jrnl

Manipulating JSON with jq

Inspecting Requests with HTTPie

Testing Performance with Siege

Quiz 10

11.

Conclusion

2 Lessons

Enhance your skills in Bash CLI tools, alternative shells, and real-world application.

What's Next?

Congratulations!

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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