The Linux Command Line Bootcamp: Beginner To Power User

Level Up Your Skills And Take Control Of Your Machine, w/ Dozens of Commands, Projects, and Challenges!

What you'll learn
Master the Command Line and Dozens of Commands!
Stop Relying On The Limited Graphical User Interface
Write Your Own Commands From Scratch
Automate Tasks and Schedule Jobs Using Cron
Control Your Computer Completely From The Command Line!
Master The Quirks Of File Permissions
Learn Powerful Keyboard Shortcuts To Improve Your Efficiency
Construct Powerful Command Pipelines
Requirements
No Prior Experience Required
All You Need is a Windows, Linux, or Mac Computer
Description
Welcome to The Linux Command Line Bootcamp, a brand new course that aims to turn you into a command line power user! This course will teach you dozens and dozens of powerful commands (see the long list at the bottom), but more importantly it gives you the tools the continue to learn new commands and take full control of your machine. The skills you learn in this course will make you a stronger web developer, data scientist, machine learning engineer, game dev, or plain old computer user!  You will feel POWERFUL!!Hi there, my name is Colt Steele. I've spent years leading in-person software engineering bootcamps and have helped thousands of students change careers.  Online I've taught over a million students and have hundreds of thousands of 5 star ratings and reviews. This is an interactive course full of exercises and fun challenges that force you to practice the skills you are learning. You'll encounter some of the same assignments and projects that my in-person bootcamp students experience.  Learning command after command can be a dreadfully boring experience, but I've tried my best to make this course as exciting and interesting as possible :)   You may roll your eyes at my jokes, but you won't be bored!============Curriculum: The Short Version============This course covers a TON.  Here's a short summary of the key points.  Scroll down for a more in-depth explanation.Learn dozens and dozens of powerful commands (see the long list below)Understand the big picture: how ALL commands fit togetherBuild complex data pipelines by stringing multiple commands togetherMaster command-line navigation and Linux folder structureCreate, delete, move, copy, and rename files and foldersDecipher and manipulate Unix file permissionsUse powerful searching commands like find, locate, and grepMaster redirection of standard input, standard output, and standard errorWrite your own custom commands from scratch!Customize the shell: write your own helpful aliases, tweak the prompt, etc.Master Bash expansions and substitutions Automate tedious tasks using cron and cronjobsEdit files directly from the command-line using nanoMaster keyboard shortcuts to increase your command-line efficiency============Curriculum: The Long Version============The course starts with a deep dive into confusing technical terms like terminal, shell, kernel, Unix, Unix-Like, GNU,  Linux, and Bash. It's important to understand the context and the WHY's around the command line and its history that still impacts our machines today.Then we shift our focus to the general patterns and structure that all commands follow including options and arguments. This blueprint we define will inform every single other topic we cover throughout the rest of the course. You'll also learn HOW to learn more about specific commands using the man, help, which, and type commands.Next, we cover the super-important Linux folder structure and learn essential commands for navigating our machines including ls, pwd, and cd. You'll be an expert navigator in no time!From there we learn to create new files and folders right from the command line using the commands touch, mkdir, and file. Next, we dive deep into a special text-editor built right into the command line called Nano. You'll learn to open and edit files using Nano, master various Nano shortcuts, and even learn how to configure nano's global settings.The next section covers the powerful commands rm, mv, and cp. You'll learn how to remove individual files and entire directories, move and rename files, and copy files and folders right from the command line.  These are some of the most useful commands you can know!Then we take a quick break to focus on useful keyboard shortcuts you can use to improve your terminal efficiency, before diving into the history command and history expansion.The next section covers tons of commands that have to do with manipulating file contents, including less, cat, tac, rev, head, tail, wc, and sort. Then we cover the three standard streams: standard input, standard output, and standard error. You'll learn to redirect all three streams and take full control over your data.Next we move to my favorite topic: piping! In this section you'll learn how to construct complex and powerful pipelines by stringing together multiple individual commands. You'll also learn about the tr command and the tee command along the way.From there we learn to "speak" the language of the shell using Expansion and Substitution. You'll learn the ins and outs of pathname expansion using wildcard characters, tilde expansion, and the super powerful curly brace expansion. We also cover arithmetic expansion, command substitution, and single and double quoting.Next up we learn about two commands that help us find files on our machine: locate and find. We pay special attention to the find command and its many fancy options and use-cases. You'll learn how to find files by name, size, timestamps, and more. You'll also learn how to bulk-edit files using find's exec option and the xargs command.We then shift our focus to the grep command. You'll learn how to use grep to recursively search the contents of files and match complex files using regular expressions.Next, we spend some time discussing the details of file permissions. You'll learn how to read file attributes and understand read, write, and execute permissions. In the next section, we learn how to alter permissions using commands including chmod, chown, sudo, and su.In the next section, we learn how to customize our shell experience. You'll learn to write your own custom aliases, work with shell variables, and even create your own fancy prompt. Then we learn how to create our own complex commands from scratch and the basics of bash scripting! By the end you'll be writing and running your own programs.Finally, we learn about the mysterious cron daemon. You'll learn the odd-looking cron syntax to set up your own automated and scheduled cronjobs. ============THE END============Whether you have some experience with basic commands or you're a complete beginner, this course will help take your skills to the next level.  Learning the command-line is one of the rare skills that transcends the typical divisions between web development, data science, machine learning, or any other tech disciplines. If you work with a computer daily, you will benefit from mastering the command-line.  The commands you learn in the course will change the way you interact with your machine, giving you all new workflows and strategies and POWER over your computer!  More importantly, you'll leave this course prepared to conquer ALL the commands that are waiting for you out in the real world and on the job.   ===============================Here's an incomplete list of the commands covered in the course:datecalncalechomanhelpwhichtypelscdpwdtouchmkdirnanormrmdirmvcpcatlesstacrevhead tailwcsorttrteelocatedufindgrepxargschmodsudosuchownaddgroupadduserexportsourcecrontabtar

Overview

Section 1: The Super Quick Course Orientation Stuff

Lecture 1 Welcome To The Course!

Lecture 2 Why Learn The Command Line

Lecture 3 Finding The Slides & Exercises

Lecture 4 One Small Piece Of Advice

Section 2: Introduction

Lecture 5 The World Of Operating Systems

Lecture 6 What Are Unix and Unix-Like?

Lecture 7 Exploring The Original Unix Manual

Lecture 8 Linux, GNU, Kernels, Oh My!

Lecture 9 Explaining Terminals, Shells, & Bash

Lecture 10 Installation & Setup!

Section 3: Command Basics

Lecture 11 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 12 Opening Up The Terminal

Lecture 13 Understanding The Prompt

Lecture 14 Our First Commands!

Lecture 15 Using Arrow Keys In The Terminal

Lecture 16 Command Line Arguments

Lecture 17 Providing Options To Commands

Lecture 18 Combining Multiple Options

Lecture 19 Using Long-Form Options

Lecture 20 Options That Require Parameters

Section 4: Getting Help

Lecture 21 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 22 Introducing The Manual

Lecture 23 Navigating & Searching A Man Page

Lecture 24 Parsing Man Page Synopses

Lecture 25 The 7 Manual Sections & Searching

Lecture 26 The Type & Which Commands

Lecture 27 Using The Help Command

Lecture 28 Getting Help EXERCISE

Section 5: Navigation

Lecture 29 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 30 The Root Directory

Lecture 31 The Home Directory

Lecture 32 The pwd Command

Lecture 33 Using ls

Lecture 34 Helpful options for ls

Lecture 35 Changing Directories With cd

Lecture 36 Relative Vs. Absolute Paths

Lecture 37 Overview Of Other Folders

Lecture 38 Navigation EXERCISE

Section 6: Creating Files & Folders

Lecture 39 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 40 Creating Files With touch

Lecture 41 Why Touch is Called Touch

Lecture 42 Exploring File Types, Extensions, & the file command

Lecture 43 File Names: Good, Bad, & Ugly

Lecture 44 Creating Directories With mkdir

Lecture 45 Creating Things EXERCISE

Section 7: Nano

Lecture 46 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 47 Introducing Nano

Lecture 48 The Basics of Nano

Lecture 49 Creating File With Nano

Lecture 50 Mastering Nano Shortcuts

Lecture 51 Searching & Replacing in Nano

Lecture 52 Configuring Nano & Spellchecking

Lecture 53 Nano Exercise

Section 8: Deleting, Copying, & Moving

Lecture 54 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 55 Deleting Files With rm

Lecture 56 Deleting Folders With -d & -r

Lecture 57 Moving Files With mv

Lecture 58 Moving Folders with mv

Lecture 59 Renaming With mv

Lecture 60 Copying with cp

Lecture 61 Deleting, Copying, & Moving EXERCISE

Section 9: Shortcuts & History

Lecture 62 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 63 Clearing & Jumping Lines

Lecture 64 Jumping Characters & Words

Lecture 65 Swapping Characters & Words

Lecture 66 Killing Lines, Words, & More

Lecture 67 Yanking From The Kill-Ring

Lecture 68 History Command & History Expansion

Section 10: Working With Files

Lecture 69 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 70 The Cat Command

Lecture 71 Working With Less

Lecture 72 Tac & Rev

Lecture 73 Head & Tail

Lecture 74 The wc Command

Lecture 75 The Sort Command

Lecture 76 Advanced Sorting By Field

Lecture 77 Working With Files EXERCISE

Section 11: Redirection

Lecture 78 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 79 Introducing The Standard Streams

Lecture 80 Redirecting Standard Output

Lecture 81 Appending Standard Output

Lecture 82 Redirecting Standard Input

Lecture 83 Redirecting StdIn & StdOut Together

Lecture 84 Redirecting Standard Error

Lecture 85 Putting It All Together & Fancy Shortcuts

Lecture 86 Redirection EXERCISE

Section 12: Piping

Lecture 87 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 88 Intro To Piping

Lecture 89 Playing With Piping

Lecture 90 Comparing Redirection & Piping

Lecture 91 An Interlude: the tr command

Lecture 92 Working With Multiple Pipes

Lecture 93 Using The tee Command

Lecture 94 Piping EXERCISE

Section 13: Expansion

Lecture 95 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 96 Pathname Expansion Basics

Lecture 97 More Pathname Expansion

Lecture 98 Tilde Expansion

Lecture 99 The Magic of Brace Expansion

Lecture 100 Arithmetic Expansion

Lecture 101 Quoting Double Vs. Single

Lecture 102 Command Substitution

Lecture 103 Expansions EXERCISE

Section 14: Finding Things

Lecture 104 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 105 The Locate Command

Lecture 106 The Find Command

Lecture 107 More Find

Lecture 108 How Timestamps Work

Lecture 109 Finding By Time

Lecture 110 Find With Logical Operators

Lecture 111 Find w/ Exec & User Defined Actions

Lecture 112 The Xargs Command

Lecture 113 Find EXERCISE

Section 15: Grep

Lecture 114 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 115 Introducing The Grep Command

Lecture 116 Grep Recursive Search

Lecture 117 Grep Options

Lecture 118 Grep & Regular Expressions

Lecture 119 Grep Extended Regex

Lecture 120 Piping To Grep

Section 16: Permissions Basics

Lecture 121 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 122 Multi-User Systems & Permissions Intro

Lecture 123 File Owners & Group Owners

Lecture 124 The File Type Attribute

Lecture 125 Understanding Permissions

Lecture 126 Read Permissions

Lecture 127 Write Permissions

Lecture 128 Execute Permissions

Lecture 129 Permissions Recap & Practice

Section 17: Altering Permissions

Lecture 130 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 131 The Chmod Command: Symbolic Notation

Lecture 132 Using Octal Notation With Chmod

Lecture 133 The su Command - Substitute User

Lecture 134 The Super Special Root User

Lecture 135 Using The Sudo Command

Lecture 136 Changing Ownership With Chown

Lecture 137 Working With Groups Demo

Section 18: The Environment

Lecture 138 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 139 Introducing The Environment & Variables

Lecture 140 Parameter Expansion

Lecture 141 Defining Variables & Export

Lecture 142 The Mysterious Startup Files

Lecture 143 Customizing Your Prompt

Lecture 144 Defining Aliases

Lecture 145 Useful Aliases & The .bash_aliases File

Section 19: Writing Our Own Commands

Lecture 146 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 147 Intro to Scripting

Lecture 148 Our First Script

Lecture 149 The Mysterious PATH Variable

Lecture 150 Adding To The PATH

Lecture 151 Making Our Script Executable

Lecture 152 The Significance Of The Shebang

Lecture 153 Building A Weather Program

Section 20: Cron

Lecture 154 What Actually Matters In This Section

Lecture 155 An Introduction To Cron

Lecture 156 CronJob Crazy Syntax

Lecture 157 Our Very First Cronjob

Lecture 158 Handling Errors In A Cron Job

Lecture 159 More Cron Syntax

Lecture 160 Writing A Daily Backup Cron Job

Section 21: APPENDIX: Installation Fun

Lecture 161 Mac Installation Options & Terminal Setup

Lecture 162 Mac Virtual Machine Setup

Lecture 163 Windows Installation Overview

Lecture 164 Windows Virtual Machine Setup

Lecture 165 WSL Installation

Anyone interested in becoming a command line power user!,Computer users who want complete control over their machine,Anyone interested in web development, data science, or a career that involves code!,Students with some prior command line experience who want to gain complete mastery