The Linux Shell - From Novice to Wizard
summary
Starts at concrete commands and ends with composable workflows: file navigation with ls -la, cd, pwd; file ops like touch, cp, mv, rm -r; viewing with cat/head/tail/less and help via man or tldr; package installs via apt and elevating with sudo !!; creating aliases and sourcing .bashrc; switching to zsh and theming with powerlevel10k plus plugins (autosuggestions, syntax highlighting, autojump); and pipelines/redirection (e.g., seq | shuf > shuffled_numbers.txt) and jq for extracting JSON. Small, reproducible steps and exact tools are demonstrated.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to Linux shell
- 7:46Basic navigation commands
- 17:09File manipulation utilities
- 29:22Customizing your shell
- 36:09Enhanced shells with Zsh
- 55:04Pipes and redirection
- 1:00:23Summary and next steps
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