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Moving Around the Command Line

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Video Series

Command Line Basics Series

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1. Moving Around the Command Line FREE 13m
2. Copy, Move, Delete on Command Line FREE 11m
3. Dealing with Command Line Permissions FREE 16m
4. Using Zip and Tar on Command Line FREE 10m
5. Creating Symbolic Links on Command Line FREE 7m
6. Using SSH and SCP FREE 7m
7. Finding Files on Command Line FREE 8m
8. Using the grep command FREE 14m
9. Introduction to Vi/Vim editor FREE 10m
10. Editing with Vi/Vim editor FREE 4m
11. More Editing with Vi/Vim editor FREE 7m
12. Handy Command Line Shortcuts FREE 9m
13. Using MySQL from Command Line FREE 9m
14. Setting up Bash Aliases FREE 6m
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This is the first video in a series that shows basic command line usage for *nix systems, such as Linux, Mac OS X, and on Windows, using applications like Cygwin. This video shows the following commands and spends the most time explaining how to move around your file structure from the command line:

  • pwd
  • ls (and ls -al)
  • less
  • cd
  • man
  • clear

Note: this video was originally released August 31, 2009 on Lullabot.com.

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ThomasRendleman on May 1, 2011 - 10:30pm

Looks great. This is something that most people never see.
I remember the days when we hand wrote machine code.
For those who want some real control it is best to learn this
especially if you have a server for Drupal...

ThomasRendleman on May 29, 2011 - 12:35am

If you are a geek you might enjoy this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoP3C76ioTU

BassPlaya on March 21, 2013 - 1:26am

Awesome!!!

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