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Bash for Beginners: Becoming a Terminal Ninja
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Using the Terminal for the first time can be really intimidating.
We’re creatures of habit, used to beautiful and sophisticated interfaces that help us accomplish whatever we’re looking to get done.
Compare that to the blank slate and blinking cursor of the command line, and suddenly all the safety wheels of modern computing systems come right off.
In this article, we’ll explore how to get up and running with Bash, including:
- What the heck even is Bash?
- How to navigate our computers file system.
- How to create, move, copy, and delete files and folders.
- Key concepts in bash, including the home directory, arguments, and paths.
- How to ask bash for help.
*Note for Windows users: The Command Prompt is not the same as Bash, and a majority of the commands simply will not work the same. If you want something similar to Bash, on a Windows System, I highly recommend Git Bash, it’s free, and brings most of the modern features of Bash to the Windows OS.
