Linux Command Line · 14-day planAll days
Day 1 of 14 30 minShellCommandsman
Linux runs most of the world's servers, and the terminal is how developers talk to it. Learn what Linux, the shell and the terminal are, run your first commands, understand how a command is built from options and arguments, and find help when you're stuck.
By the end of today you can
- Explain what Linux, the kernel, the shell and the terminal are
- Run your first commands and read their output
- Describe the parts of a command, options and arguments
- Get help with --help and man
- Use the terminal on this page and on your own computer
What's inside
- 6 sections
- 3 diagrams and mind maps
- 4 code examples you can run
- 5-question quiz
- 1Linux, the shell and the terminal
- 2Your first commands
- 3The shape of a command
- 4When things go wrong
- 5Getting help
- 6Useful keys on a real terminal
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