Command Line Tutorial

This tutorial serves as an introduction to the Unix command line (Linux + Mac systems). It assumes no previous knowledge or experience of the Terminal nor Command Line.

For Windows users, it is recommended in Open a Terminal how to get and install a unix based terminal for this tutorial.

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Covered in this tutorial are the following commands:

• pwd
• ls [[-a, -l, -al] <dir>]
• cd <path>
• mkdir <dir_name>
• touch <file_name>
• rmdir <dir_name>
• rm <file_name>
• cp <file_to_copy> <new_file_name>
• mv <old_file_name> <new_file_name>
• clear

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This tutorial was a joint effort between Kelsey Hawley and Nicholle James.