Linux Command Line: Beginner to Expert Guide

Linux Command Line - Beginner to Expert

Get in the rhythm of the command line as a first step towards Linux System Administration, VoIP and many more areas

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Last Updated: 2024-07-01 05:07:19 English Course Type: Self Learning

Understand the usage of Linux command line
Understand why experts prefer the command line instead over Graphical User Interfaces
Understand how simple commands can be chained together to solve real issues
Work with the extremely powerful vi editor and understand why people are so crazy about it (and how it can be useful to you)
Be able to do complex tasks (such as download a youtube playlist) through the command line

This course is for you if you are new to the Linux Command Line but want to learn it without all the headaches. Linux command line is a cross-cutting skill. If you are comfortable with the command line, you can learn a lot of different skills very quickly and with minimal hassle. After taking this course, you will be all set to work with highly useful concepts such as Linux System Administration, setting up architectures for Machine Learning and Deep Learning, work with systems that enable VoIP and many many more areas.

In this course, we will start from scratch. This is a very applied course, so we will immediately start with the command line! We will explain everything through the commands and not bore you with dull slides. In fact, there isn't a single slide in this course!

If you have never worked with Linux before (or installed it), this course will show you how to set it up in a Virtual Machine with minimal effort. If you already have Linux or Mac, you can use that too. Then, we will start from zero and get you up to the level of expert without dumping too many commands on you.

We take a case study-based approach and motivate why we need the commands we're learning. If there is a command that is typically taught in courses but isn't used too often, we skip it so that you learn only the stuff that will be useful to you.

In this course, we aim to give you the feel of the rhythm behind the command line so that you are in the position to understand the philosophy behind the command line and use it to your advantage. Through this approach, we can cover the whole spectrum in less than 3 hours.

There is also a real-time chat system in place for students who enroll in this course. With a free signup, you get access to real-time chat with myself and fellow students who are working to complete this course (or have completed the course before you). We plan on creating this network of like-minded experts who can help each other out and collaborate on exciting ideas together.

What will I learn?

Basics of the command line

Working with files and directories from the command line (and understand why you would want to do that in the first place)

Applying the commands to solve real problems instead of made-up issues

Understand how very simple and easy-to-understand commands work together to solve much bigger and important problems

Know keyboard shortcuts that will save you a lot of time and effort when working with the command line

Perform operations that simply cannot be done in the Graphical User Interfaces

Follow a case study that shows how the command line can be used to download a complete YouTube playlist (and learn quite a few commands along the way)

Work with the extremely powerful vi editor and understand why people are so crazy about it (and how it can be useful to you)

Learn how the professionals make their command lines look cool (and again, learn a few commands along the way)

About the instructor:

Teacher and researcher by profession

PhD in Security and a PostDoc from Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Germany

17+ years of working with computers and 15+ years of teaching experience

10+ years of working professionally as a Linux System Administrator/VoIP DevOp -- including 5+ years of provable track record on UpWork (with 5.0 star rating there)

Basic Computer Usage Only (Everything else is covered in the course)
Even WINDOWS will be sufficient (if you don't have Linux)

Anyone interested in excelling in Computer Science
Anyone who is interested in leveling up their command line skills
Anyone who wants a soft, case study-based introduction to the command line
Anyone who wants to know why people learn the command line
Anyone who wants to work on concepts such as Linux System Administration but gets stuck due to all the commands

Section 1 : Chapter 1: Setting Up 1 Lectures 00:06:34
Lecture 1 :
Introduction (vm-installation) Preview
Section 2 : Chapter 2: Getting Started 4 Lectures 00:24:22
Lecture 1 :
Basics (Getting-started)
Lecture 2 :
Working with Directories
Lecture 3 :
Working with Files
Lecture 4 :
History and Fast-Tracking Command Entry
Section 3 : Chapter 3: Inter-Process Communication 3 Lectures 00:14:49
Lecture 1 :
Pipes and Chaining Commands (The Power of Composition)
Lecture 2 :
Redirecting Output to Files (and the Why of it)
Lecture 3 :
Remove, Move and Some Other Stuff
Section 4 : Chapter 4: Disc Usage and Working with Multiple Files 4 Lectures 00:19:09
Lecture 1 :
Disc Usage and Folder Sizes
Lecture 2 :
Keyboard Shortcuts (and how they can help you out)
Lecture 3 :
Finding Files with Powerful Criteria
Lecture 4 :
Tailing Files (and the Power of Debugging)
Section 5 : Chapter 5: Working with Processes 2 Lectures 00:04:38
Lecture 1 :
Process Listings
Lecture 2 :
CPU/Memory Information -- the Way of the Pros
Section 6 : Chapter 6: Basics of Networking 2 Lectures 00:13:14
Lecture 1 :
Interfaces and Ports
Lecture 2 :
Case Study: Download YouTube Playlist
Section 7 : Chapter 7: The Might VI Editor 3 Lectures 00:21:16
Lecture 1 :
Why VI
Lecture 2 :
Moving Around
Lecture 3 :
Delete, Undo, Copy, Paste
Section 8 : Chapter 8: Ownership and Permissions 2 Lectures 00:18:20
Lecture 1 :
Ownership Explained through a Case Study
Lecture 2 :
Permissions and Security
Section 9 : Chapter 9: Finishing Touches 1 Lectures 00:08:33
Lecture 1 :
ZSH, Syntax Highlighting, Prettifying the Terminal
Section 10 : Chapter 10: Update 1: Remote Connections 2 Lectures 00:17:17
Lecture 1 :
SSH -- Connecting to Remote Machines
Lecture 2 :
Executing Long-running Remote Commands (No Hangup at Disconnect)

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I have a PhD in Computer Sciences and a PostDoc from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. I have been programming since early 2000 and have worked with many different languages, tools and platforms. I have an extensive research experience with many state-of-the-art models to my name. My research in Android security has led to some major shifts in the Android permission model.