Linux Command Line for Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Linux and the Command line

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: History of GNU/Linux

Lecture 3: Introduction to GNU/Linux

Lecture 4: Introduction to Linux Distributions

Lecture 5: QUICK WIN: cal and date

Lecture 6: Introduction to Terminal and Shell

Lecture 7: BONUS: looking ahead of the curve

Lecture 8: Conclusion

Chapter 2: Introduction to Terminal commands

Lecture 1: Introduction: Basic Terminal Commands

Lecture 2: Where am I?

Lecture 3: Change directory

Lecture 4: List files

Lecture 5: Create a directory

Lecture 6: Create a file

Lecture 7: Type of a file

Lecture 8: Read a file

Lecture 9: Concatenate files

Lecture 10: Copy a file

Lecture 11: Move or Rename a file

Lecture 12: Remove a file

Lecture 13: History of your shell commands

Lecture 14: Find a file

Lecture 15: Shorten a long command

Chapter 3: Getting help on Terminal commands

Lecture 1: Introduction: Help on Terminal Commands

Lecture 2: Manual pages

Lecture 3: What does this Terminal command do?

Chapter 4: File manipulation commands

Lecture 1: Introduction: File manipulation commands

Lecture 2: Standard output redirection

Lecture 3: Standard input redirection

Lecture 4: Standard Error redirection

Lecture 5: Chain Linux commands

Lecture 6: Search for a keyword in a file

Lecture 7: Count words in a file

Lecture 8: Sort content of a file

Lecture 9: Filter content of a file

Lecture 10: Environment variables on Linux

Lecture 11: Compress files to save storage space

Lecture 12: Read top and bottom of a file

Lecture 13: Translate characters on a file

Chapter 5: Linux Filesystem

Lecture 1: Introduction: Linux Filesystem

Lecture 2: High-level overview of Filesystem hierarchy

Lecture 3: Disk usage on Linux

Lecture 4: Mount and unmount a filesystem (USB drive)

Chapter 6: Text editor on Linux

Lecture 1: Introduction: Text editor

Lecture 2: NANO editor: open, edit and save a file

Lecture 3: NANO editor: Basic navigation commands

Chapter 7: User management in Linux

Lecture 1: Introduction: User management

Lecture 2: User Management: Tools

Lecture 3: Root user account and Substitute user account

Chapter 8: Networking fundamentals

Lecture 1: Introduction: Networking fundamentals

Lecture 2: Check internet connectivity: ping

Lecture 3: Download a remote file: wget

Lecture 4: Share a local file: HTTP Server

Lecture 5: ACTIVITY: Download a remote file and access it on HTTP Server

Chapter 9: Improve productivity on command line

Lecture 1: Introduction: Productivity on Command Line

Lecture 2: Shortcuts on shell

Lecture 3: Introduction to Z Shell

Lecture 4: Command line applications for image viewing and screenshot

Chapter 10: The final steps

Lecture 1: Congratulations!

Lecture 2: Bonus Lecture: Additional resources