Terminal basics

1. Command Line Interfaces
The Basics
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2. “Command-line interfaces are often preferred
by more advanced computer users, as they
often provide a more concise and powerful
means to control a program or operating
system.”
–Wikipedia
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3. CLI vs GUI
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5. Both have their uses!
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6. Where am I?
Windows - Command Prompt
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Mac - Bash

7. Directories or
folders?
Same thing, but…
Lets call them directories for
now.
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8. Directories From the CLI
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Current directory .
•
Parent directory ..
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9. Directories From the CLI
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Current directory .
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Parent directory ..
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10. Directories From the CLI
•
Current directory .
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Parent directory ..
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11. Moving Around
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change directory
•
cd path
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12. List / Show files
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Unix - ls
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CMD - dir
!
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Options
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ls -a
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dir /a:h
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13. Move
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mv ./file2.txt ./.file2.txt
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move .file2.txt ..file2.txt
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14. Copy
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cp ./.file2.txt ./.file4.txt
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copy ..file2.txt ..file4.txt
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15. SUDO / runas
Use with caution.
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16. Is a clever idea.
Especially when using sudo, rm -rf …
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17. Beyond
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18. Cygwin
•
a collection of tools which
provide a Linux look and feel
environment for Windows.
•
a DLL (cygwin1.dll) which acts
as a Linux API layer providing
substantial Linux API
functionality.
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19. oh-my-zsh
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Replacement shell
•
oh-my-zsh is an open source,
community-driven
framework for managing your
ZSH configuration. It comes
bundled with a ton of helpful
functions, helpers, plugins,
themes, and few things that
make you shout…
“OH MY ZSHELL!”
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20. Vagrant
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“Create and configure
lightweight, reproducible, and
portable development
environments.”
•
http://www.vagrantbox.es/
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21. Docker
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Docker is an open-source
project to easily create
lightweight, portable, selfsufficient containers from any
application. The same
container that a developer
builds and tests on a laptop
can run at scale, in production,
on VMs, bare metal,
OpenStack clusters, public
clouds and more.
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22. Modern.ie
•
Testing for Internet Explorer
just got a little easier.
•
modern.IE is a dev center –
free tools & resources – built
so you can spend less time
testing for the various
versions of Internet Explorer
and more time building what
matters to you on the modern
web.
•
VMs
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23. Links / Research
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http://lifehacker.com/5633909/who-needs-a-mouse-learn-to-usethe-command-line-for-almost-anything
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http://lifehacker.com/5633909/who-needs-a-mouse-learn-to-usethe-command-line-for-almost-anything
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https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
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http://www.vagrantup.com/
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https://www.docker.io/
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http://www.modern.ie/en-us
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http://www.cygwin.com/
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24. Questions?
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