DESTROY Command Line Paralysis: Master Simple CLI Tools

You have Linux. You have a terminal window open. NOW WHAT?!?

Moving around the Linux filesystem is the simplest thing ever, unless you don't know how to do it. In this video we learn how to see what is in directories, move around in the filesystem, create and delete files and folders, and honestly just gain confidence in using the commandline in general.

If you are sitting at a Linux terminal, but have no idea what to type to get started -- this is the video (and series/playlist!) for you. :)

This video based on:
LPI Linux Essentials
Objective 2.3 - Using Directories and Listing Files
AND Objective 2.4 - Creating, Moving, and Deleting Files

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[towely]

I do like that, when teaching syntax, you often repeat yourself multiple times throughout the video. In this video, almost every time you say, "dash r" you also mention that r stands for "recursively."

Too many training videos mention what the syntax stands for once, when repetition is key in regard to rote memorization. Awesome work. Thank you for providing this to the community for free.

[Raulgamer]

this series is forward to watching the linux+ after this

[jonelvytc]

Thanks Shawn!! for all the awesome knowlage and wisdom you're dropping on us. hope one day we can share to others the things that we learn from you 💪💪

[damianpodgorski]

I love this series, even though I know some basics I learnt a whole lot of alternative ways of doing the same. Would love to see LPIC-1 series, greetings from Poland

[Vikingrwilly]

Testing for my Linux Essentials on Monday and this series has been very helpful. I have an Ubuntu and Kali VMWare downloaded that I've been practicing on side by side to your videos, I will share your series with my classmates on our discord thank you so much for this and I want to keep advancing my knowledge of Linux as I am also taking a CEH course. I think the command line paralysis describes it very accurately, like a Deer in the Headlights!

[packmanbp]

I'm almost disappointed that you didn't mention the rm command of death, you know which one I'm talking about !
Anyway great course, I know some things on Linux but I'm learning a lot thanks to you !

[radhatter]

Love how you deliver your content. I'd love a series on RHCSA after this.

[agreedydragon]

Simple and easy thank you! Love the thumbnail.

[Randy-ec]

After this I would like to go for the lpic 1

I love your way of teaching Shawn!

[codykroliczek]

Love this video! Starting my journey into cloud computing and this series has so far given me great knowledge of linux. Liked, subbed, and all that jazz. Thank you!

[dirtynachobuffet]

Mr Powers, I know this video has been around for a while now, but I've been going through some college courses on LInux the CLI. While I've generally advanced past these basic commands, YOUR WAY OF EXPLAINING AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMMAND ARE SO MUCH BETTER. Thank you. At the end of your video, you said to throw out some ideas for a different video. Could you at some point create a video on the | (pipe) command? Maybe you already have and i just haven't gotten there yet, but one of the biggest issues I've found is not knowing which commands go together well when using it.

[marukat]

I haven't dug around yet because I know I'll land in rabbitholes and I'm trying to focus through this playlist. I know you've done a Linux+ course at this point - do you lay that out in a way to most efficiently build on your playlist here? How much overlap is there? Thanks for everything, your energy and teaching style is unmatched.

[Allysroadtorecovery]

Hey I'd really like to see you either do a Network+ course or a RHCSA course 👍

[davidmoran]

It is a bit difficult to call what we would like to learn next at this point as we don't know, yet, what we don't know. Further along I would like to know how to configure things I don't care for, example: add a radius to the corners of a window that opens. Possibly how to have a different desktop, switch to or from Gnome, to some other desktop.

[Kevin-rfu]

question: Regarding the recursive flag for the "rm" command, why is it lowercase 'r' but for the "ls" command it's a capital 'R'? Will those two commands work either way if you switch the casing on the R's?

[abdigamingoo]

oooh my Gooood
you are an genius i really liked your way of teaching i tried many courses on udemy and coursera but really really you are the best


would you like making paloalto or aws series?

[JacobBarrows-ex]

Sean, when you create a file using touch, does it always create a text file?

[MrScorpio]

Hello Shawn I am watching your videos and enjoying so far learning the basics with Linux, could you answer a question? I am practicing with Mint in the terminal I am stuck trying to figure out how to mv or cp a file named filename from folder2 to folder1. Another words how do you move a file to another location?

[yahyaaloyoni]

Please tell me that Shawn has something for LPIC-1 / 2 / 3, Shawn you are amazing thanks for your efforts

[EZ]

after i get comfortable using linux and passing the linux essentials exam, i plan on learning python as a programming language