Command Line for beginners – (Linux, MacOS, Windows)

The command line is a quick, powerful, text-based interface developers use to more effectively and efficiently communicate with computers to accomplish a wider set of tasks.

Command-line interface (CLI), is a text-based application for giving commands, viewing, handling, and manipulating files on your computer.

Command-line interface comes built in for free in most operating systems. It is known as the following in different operating systems:

Command Prompt (Windows)

Terminal   (Mac Os)

Terminal or Terminal Emulator (Linux based systems)

Knowing how to use the command line interface is a useful skill to have when working with computers particularly if you plan to learn how to write computer programs or become a developer or programmer.

This course will teach you some basic and commonly used commands on the command line interface. Knowing how to use the command line interface is a very useful skill to add to your skillset. The command line interface can be used to perform a variety of tasks.

What You will learn :

• How to open the command line
• The prompt
• How to display current user
• How to display computer name
• How to display current working directory
• How to list files and directory
• How to change directory
• How to create a directory
• How to create a file
• How to copy a file
• How to move a file
• How to delete a file