Terminal Tutorial: 3 Commands to Get Started

Published: 12 June 2020
on channel: NeverBenBetter
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The command line is an essential skill for many applications in web development. In this course, we'll be using it for Git, Firebase, Angular, and Node. To get started, we'll familiarize ourselves with basic navigation and a few helpful shortcuts.

While this video is is part of a series, it is also designed for anyone looking for an accessible entry tutorial.

CONTENTS:

1:37 info - read documentation on a selected command
2:11 argument - programming vocabulary for specific information attached to a command
3:46 ls - list files in the current working directory
4:22 ls - list ALL files including “hidden” files
6:32 cd - change directory
8:00 cd .. - navigate back
8:45 cd ~ - navigate home
9:32 Up/Down arrows - jump through history of recently-entered commands
10:06 Tab - auto complete
11:21 Escaped characters - Files with spaces should be in quotes or spaces must be “escaped” using backslash “\”
12:43 Alias - Write shortcuts in your .bash_profile


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