This course is a comprehensive immersion into the command-line of Linux and other UNIX-like systems. We'll learn the most popular shell tools and introduce concepts of Operating System theory that became popular with the UNIX OS.
We'll also discuss other important development tools that we can use with Linux, and learn how to write shell scripts that can be used to to automate system tasks.
The tools you'll need
You'll need either a Virtual Machine to install Linux or a physical machine that can be partitioned to run a Linux distribution natively.
We'll use a lightweight Linux distribution called Lubuntu and the Oracle VirtualBox Virtual Machine. All tools are cross-platform, so you can follow along on either Windows or macOS.
Is this course for you?
This course has no prerequisites and it's designed to be as beginner-friendly as possible. We'll start by understanding the history and the evolution of UNIX-like systems, and proceed to cover the most popular tools of the Linux command-line.
We will also try to be as portable as possible. All the commands we'll learn should work with any Linux distribution and any other UNIX-like system (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and macOS).
This course was designed with programmers in mind. Therefore, we will not be covering advanced Linux tools for networking, infrastructure, or system administration.
| # | Lesson Title | Duration | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motivations and Learning Outcomes Demo | 09:10 | |
| 2 | How to Take this Course | 02:59 | |
| 3 | Do All Computers Need an Operating System? | 19:48 | |
| 4 | The Evolution of UNIX | 17:14 | |
| 5 | The Birth of Linux | 18:59 | |
| 6 | Downloading Linux | 03:45 | |
| 7 | Installing Linux | 03:54 | |
| 8 | System Login | 01:03 | |
| 9 | Navigating Files and Directories | 11:12 | |
| 10 | Hidden Files | 07:34 | |
| 11 | Viewing Contents of a Text File | 04:11 | |
| 12 | Editing Text Files | 08:43 | |
| 13 | File Globbing and Wildcards | 05:57 | |
| 14 | Copying and Moving Files | 07:11 | |
| 15 | Working With the Space Character | 03:01 | |
| 16 | Removing Files and Folders | 03:44 | |
| 17 | Putting It All Together | 09:55 | |
| 18 | The Root Folder | 01:52 | |
| 19 | Important System Folders | 21:15 | |
| 20 | Working With Different Shell Options | 08:12 | |
| 21 | Working With Find and Grep | 08:17 | |
| 22 | Visualizing Operating System Processes | 09:01 | |
| 23 | Killing Processes | 06:37 | |
| 24 | Output Redirection | 08:59 | |
| 25 | Input Redirection | 03:01 | |
| 26 | The Pipe Operator | 13:33 | |
| 27 | UNIX Common Ground | 03:38 | |
| 28 | Adding Users | 06:17 | |
| 29 | File Permissions | 11:09 | |
| 30 | Executing Files | 03:43 | |
| 31 | Environment Variables | 05:04 | |
| 32 | Visualizing Environment Variables | 01:31 | |
| 33 | RC Files | 04:23 | |
| 34 | Working With a Package Manager | 09:58 | |
| 35 | Popular UNIX Text Editors | 15:12 | |
| 36 | Understanding System Calls | 11:46 | |
| 37 | Popular Shell Utilities | 04:16 | |
| 38 | What Is a Shell Script? | 06:57 | |
| 39 | Writing and Executing Shell Scripts | 07:19 | |
| 40 | Working With Variables | 10:01 | |
| 41 | Numerical Expressions | 01:30 | |
| 42 | Script Special Variables | 07:31 | |
| 43 | Tests and Conditional Statements | 11:58 | |
| 44 | Example of String Test | 13:52 | |
| 45 | For Loops | 07:08 | |
| 46 | While Loops | 07:33 | |
| 47 | Secure Shell and Daemons | 08:53 | |
| 48 | Scheduling Tasks with Cron | 06:24 | |
| 49 | Awk and Sed | 13:35 | |
| 50 | Checking Filesystem Available Space | 10:58 | |
| 51 | Functions | 08:38 | |
| 52 | Linux Development Tools | 05:14 | |
| 53 | Compiling with GCC | 09:21 | |
| 54 | Debugging with GDB | 10:36 | |
| 55 | Building with Make | 15:54 | |
| 56 | Installing from Source | 06:58 | |
| 57 | Popular Scripting Languages | 05:05 | |
| 58 | Conclusion and Next Steps | 04:50 |
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