Using the Shell
Overview
By the end of this module you will be familiar with a hand-full of the most common and useful shell commands for daily tasks, how to combine them together into ‘one-liners’ to complete a task, and we’ll see some real world examples.
Requirements
If you are on Mac, then you should install Homebrew. This is your best option for installing and managing software outside of the app store.
Many of the commands and programs used in this chapter are from the coreutils project. On a Linux system, these may already be installed in your base system. If they are not, then you should be able to install them with your system package manager.
brew install coreutils
How to Explore this Course
Follow along with this text, while typing the examples into your terminal.
Put your terminal next to your browser so you can read and follow the examples at the same time:
Contents
- Finding help
- Expansion and signals
- Combining commands - streams and pipes
- Useful commands for every day tasks
- Lab: Using the Shell