Beginner's Guide to the Bash Terminal

This video is a crash course to help new users get started with BASH. Here is a list of the commands we'll cover: BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO THE BASH TERMINAL NAVIGATION ls - list directory contents pwd - print name of current/working directory cd - change working directory pushd/popd - put working directory on a stack file - determine file type locate - find files by name updatedb - update database for locate which - locate a command history - display bash command history GETTING HELP whatis - display the on-line manual descriptions apropos - search the manual page names and descriptions man - an interface to the on-line reference manuals WORKING WITH FILES mkdir - create a directory/make directories touch - change file timestamps/create empty files cp - copy files and directories mv - move (rename) files rm - remove files or directories rmdir - remove empty directories TEXT FILES cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output more/less - file perusal filter for crt viewing nano - command line text editor USERS sudo - execute a command as superuser su - change user ID or become another user users - print the user names of users currently logged in id - print real and effective user and group IDs CHANGING FILE PERMISSIONS chmod - change permissions of a file KILLING PROGRAMS AND LOGGING OUT Ctrl+C - kill a running command killall - kill processes by name exit - log out of bash USEFUL SHORTCUTS Ctrl+D - signal bash that there is no more input Ctrl+L - redraw the screen Ctrl++ - make text bigger in terminal emulator Ctrl+- - make text smaller in terminal emulator