The Linux command line: a complete introduction

Learning the shell

What Is the shell?

Navigation

Exploring the system

Manipulating files and directories

Working with commands

Redirection

Seeing the world as the shell sees it

Advanced keyboard tricks

Permissions

Processes

Configuration and the environment

The environment

A gentle introduction to vi

Customizing the prompt

Common tasks and essential tools

Package management

Storage media

Networking

Searching for files

Archiving and backup

Regular expressions

Text processing

Formatting output

Printing

Compiling programs

Writing shell scripts

Writing your first script

Starting a project

Top-down design

Flow control: branching with if

Reading keyboard input

Flow control: looping with while and until

Troubleshooting

Flow control: branching with case

Positional parameters

Flow control: looping with for

Strings and numbers

Arrays

Exotica.

Learning the shell. What is the shell? ; Navigation ; Exploring the system ; Manipulating files and directories ; Working with commands ; Redirection ; Seeing the world as the shell sees it ; Advanced keyboard tricks ; Permissions ; Processes

Configuration and the environment. The environment ; A gentle introduction to vi ; Customizing the prompt

Common tasks and essential tools. Package management ; Storage media ; Networking ; Searching for files ; Archiving and backup ; Regular expressions ; Text processing ; Formatting output ; Printing ; Compiling programs

Writing shell scripts. Writing your first script ; Starting a project ; Top-down design ; Flow control: branching with if ; Reading keyboard input ; Flow control: looping with while/until ; Troubleshooting ; Flow control: branching with case ; Positional parameters ; Flow control: looping with for ; Strings and numbers ; Arrays ; Exotica.