This chapter introduces the bash command line, an interactive terminal native to most Linux distributions as well as MacOS. In the command line, you enter commands to navigate directories, manipulate ...

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The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

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If you are a system administrator, IT professional, or a power user it is common to find yourself using the command prompt to perform administrative tasks in Windows. Whether it be copying files, ...