The 50 Most Popular Linux & Terminal Commands - Full Course for Beginners

Beginner-level video course on working in the Linux and Unix-style terminal, walking through the 50 most commonly used commands. Starts with why the command line matters, what Linux is, shells and Bash, and terminal setup on Linux, macOS and Windows (WSL), then covers navigation and file handling (pwd, ls, cd, mkdir, touch, rm, mv, cp), viewing and processing text (cat, less, head, tail, wc, sort, uniq, diff, grep, find), output redirection, piping and expansions, archiving and compression (gzip, gunzip, tar), process and disk management (ps, top, kill, killall, jobs, du, df), editing with nano, aliases, xargs, links, and user accounts and permissions (who, su, sudo, passwd, chown, chmod). Suited to newcomers who have only used graphical interfaces.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Why use the command line?.
The world of operating systems.
What is Linux?.
Shells and Bash.
Setup For Linux Users.
Setup For Mac Users.
Setup For Windows (WSL).
Using The Terminal.
whoami.
man.
clear.
intro to options.
pwd.
ls.
cd.
mkdir.
touch.
rmdir.
rm.
open.
mv.
cp.
head.
tail.
date.
redirecting standard output.
cat.
less.
echo.
wc.
piping.
sort.
uniq.
expansions.
diff.
find.
grep.
du.
df.
history.
ps.
top.
kill.
killall.
jobs, bg, and fg.
gzip.
gunzip.
tar.
nano.
alias.
xargs.
ln.
who.
su.
sudo.
passwd.
chown.
Understanding permissions.
chmod.