Beginners Guide to the Bash Terminal


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This video is a crash course to help new users get started with BASH. Here is a list of the commands well cover:

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THE BASH TERMINAL

NAVIGATION

ls — list directory contents
pwd — print name of current/working directory
cd — change working directory
pushd/popd — put working directory on a stack
file — determine file type
locate — find files by name
updatedb — update database for locate
which — locate a command
history — display bash command history

GETTING HELP

whatis — display the on-line manual descriptions
apropos — search the manual page names and descriptions
man — an interface to the on-line reference manuals

WORKING WITH FILES

mkdir — create a directory/make directories
touch — change file timestamps/create empty files
cp — copy files and directories
mv — move (rename) files
rm — remove files or directories
rmdir — remove empty directories

TEXT FILES

cat — concatenate files and print on the standard output
more/less — file perusal filter for crt viewing
nano — command line text editor

USERS

sudo — execute a command as superuser
su — change user ID or become another user
users — print the user names of users currently logged in
id — print real and effective user and group IDs

CHANGING FILE PERMISSIONS

chmod — change permissions of a file

KILLING PROGRAMS AND LOGGING OUT

Ctrl C — kill a running command
killall — kill processes by name
exit — log out of bash

USEFUL SHORTCUTS

Ctrl D — signal bash that there is no more input
Ctrl L — redraw the screen
Ctrl — make text bigger in terminal emulator
Ctrl — - make text smaller in terminal emulator

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