Beginner's Guide To The Linux Terminal

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  • @dam0ne
    @dam0ne 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    Table of contents:
    0:58 Opening the terminal
    1:20 Zooming on the terminal
    2:00 Print working directory - pwd
    2:34 Change directory - cd
    4:18 Clearing the screen - clear / Control+l
    4:45 List contents of directories - ls
    7:12 Manual pages - man
    8:07 Creating files - touch
    9:30 Showing file contents - cat
    9:49 Creating directories - mkdir
    10:23 Moving files - mv
    11:36 Copying files - cp
    12:14 Removing files - rm
    13:05 Removing directories - rmdir
    13:30 Removing not empty directories - rm -rf
    15:06 Finding program binaries - which / whereis
    16:29 Finding files in filesystem - locate / mlocate / find
    17:54 Printing text - echo
    19:21 Printing text - printf
    21:26 Cat from the top of a file - less
    22:00 Finding strings of text in a file - grep
    22:50 Piping program outputs - |
    23:19 Find and replace strings - sed
    25:38 Printing first or last lines of a file - head / tail
    26:54 File permissions - chmod
    29:50 Console command history - history
    30:43 Repeat last command - !!
    31:56 Closing programs - kill / killall / xkill
    33:20 Closing programs - htop
    34:22 Testing connection - ping
    35:11 Downloading things - wget
    35:51 Getting the date - date
    36:18 Calendar - cal
    36:23 Calculator - bc
    36:56 Configuring shell aliases - .bashrc editing
    38:21 Updating Debian-based systems - apt update && apt upgrade

    • @toufiknopixl9973
      @toufiknopixl9973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      You're a hero

    • @JessicaFEREM
      @JessicaFEREM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      hey DT, copy and paste this into the description, after some time, it'll pop up as a chapter select on youtube.

    • @pop4ti
      @pop4ti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

    • @14u2ponder
      @14u2ponder 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't think kill, chmod, wget, sed, ping, aliases, are beginners subjects. I also think you should include something about ed (or how to make a file).

    • @keylanoslokj1806
      @keylanoslokj1806 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At around 40:00 when creating the "aptup" alias, the system recommended i don't do it there directly, but at a seperate bash aliases file. Can you do a tutorial on how to do that?

  • @amjedbelgacem8218
    @amjedbelgacem8218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    this 42 min long video is literally worth a 4 hours lecture at the university, great delivery, simple and straight to the point.
    you earned a sub, keep the good work !

    • @zhaadd
      @zhaadd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      university is very redundant in almost everything tbh

    • @amjedbelgacem8218
      @amjedbelgacem8218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@zhaadd couldn’t agree more

    • @im-a-trailblazer
      @im-a-trailblazer ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think even more, the way he lays out the difference and best use cases for cat, less and grep for example. Could be a multi day or week dive into getting to grips with everything. He also earned me as a sub. I am not using arch btw

    • @lindarampone1107
      @lindarampone1107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@im-a-trailblazerI'm not done with this video yet, what is Arch?

  • @raymondgradzewicz
    @raymondgradzewicz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Do I already know how to use the terminal? Yes.
    Am I still going to watch the video? Yes.

    • @kevyyar
      @kevyyar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol I feel the same way

    • @favor94
      @favor94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Learn Linux this thing sometimes happen with me, thats why i watch any tutorial pops out on my timeline

    • @mskiptr
      @mskiptr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, u just learned that `rmdir` exists. Been using `tree $dir`, `rm -r $dir` untill now…

    • @raymondgradzewicz
      @raymondgradzewicz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mskiptr I actually knew that one already.

    • @mskiptr
      @mskiptr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@raymondgradzewicz *I
      Sorry for that typo; indeed quite misleading

  • @chrishayward3520
    @chrishayward3520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Those chips were just teasing me the whole time! I'm ready for the party size!

    • @DistroTube
      @DistroTube  3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Shortly after recording this, I plunged headfirst into that bag of Lay's. I should know better than to buy the big Family Size bags of chips.

    • @guyincognito5663
      @guyincognito5663 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      “I’ll just eat a couple and leave some for later”
      Sure you will.

    • @curvesoftcomputerco.9928
      @curvesoftcomputerco.9928 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DistroTube Nothing like a classic Lay's though. Lol!

  • @josephsagotti8786
    @josephsagotti8786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    We need some of these every once in a while

  • @abdourahman87
    @abdourahman87 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I absolutely recommend anyone new top linux to watch this video.Its covers most of if not all the basic commands of the terminal Thanks DT☺

  • @rajmah163
    @rajmah163 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    DT , my son moved to linux because of you. I been using Linux on my "old" laptop 💻 and it work well. zoom works and the downside it's the battery drain fastly. love you from Malaysia 🇲🇾

  • @NomdePlume337
    @NomdePlume337 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve been learning Linux for the last couple weeks and this is by far the best video I’ve found so far

  • @Soochoup
    @Soochoup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Solid tutorial; Not a beginner but discovered a thing or two. Never hurts to go back to the basics !

  • @michaelpezzulo4413
    @michaelpezzulo4413 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It has been 3 1/2 years since my intro to Linux course, and this is a great review.

  • @Odisej1987
    @Odisej1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As someone who has been used to be with windows for decades and just recently actively discovered Linux as "the new World", I'm impressed 🤩

  • @LinuxClassroom
    @LinuxClassroom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    Having taught Linux for several years now, most students really struggle with paths. It seems to be so abstract for many beginners.

    • @LinuxClassroom
      @LinuxClassroom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Learn Linux Absolutely! I love my job.

    • @sigmundfreud4472
      @sigmundfreud4472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😍

    • @BlackHawk2029
      @BlackHawk2029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah the Linux file system is REALLY foreign for anyone coming from another OS. I'm 6 months in running Kubuntu as my primary OS and I still struggle with it occasionally.

    • @rizkyadiyanto7922
      @rizkyadiyanto7922 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Learn Linux whats so hard about it?

    • @jon-h
      @jon-h 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @Terminalforlife (LL) Windows is actually the only outlier as far as PC OS are concerned.
      BSD-Unix, GNU/Linux, GNU/Hurd and MacOS are all filesystem hierarchy compliant.
      MacOS is just very clever to hide this fact from the user.
      If you have trouble with the filesystem hierarchy, I'd urge you to read the reference documentation:
      refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs
      It goes into great detail about not only where everything is, but also why it is where it is specifically.

  • @benjaminsurname5584
    @benjaminsurname5584 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is by far the quickest and most useful terminal tutorial I have ever seen. Densely packed with all the info you need to get started dicking around in the weird world of computers that act like actual computers.

    • @lindarampone1107
      @lindarampone1107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Definitely densely packed and well taught

  • @yashpandey350
    @yashpandey350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    alias commands are dope, I am in love with alias commands literally I'm using them daily for a lot of tasks.

    • @yashpandey350
      @yashpandey350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@etishome4099 Think in this way, I have multiple projects and I have distributed in separate folder so instead of cd .... I can simply make an alias for projects, fronted projects, backend, movies.....When you have few things its okay to avoid but when your work is in different folders everyday you need alias for that.🙂🙂🙂🙂

    • @yashpandey350
      @yashpandey350 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@etishome4099 I know most of the cmd command bro, Sorry I misjudged the question. 😊😊😊😊

  • @MRC_MRC
    @MRC_MRC ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you're an amazing teacher, in a first 4 minutes I learned more that other 20 minutes videos

  • @kardelenaydogan3793
    @kardelenaydogan3793 ปีที่แล้ว

    i cant thank you enough for this video. i just started the odin project, installed a dual boot but the linux terminal always confused me. i just watched your video and the way you teach is excellent!!! thank you so much.

  • @noam65
    @noam65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey DT, I was a Unix system admin for many years. I got my first taste of it 34 years ago. I knew most of this, but you still managed to teach me a few new tricks. Thanks.
    You missed your calling... I know you like retail a lot, but you are also an awesome teacher/trainer. That is a rare skill. Kudos!

  • @angelica1010
    @angelica1010 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just wow you did such an amazing job explaining everything perfectly and straight to the point!! I have an exam tomorrow and this video is helping me so much thank you🙏🏻

  • @skatterbrainz
    @skatterbrainz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome! I've been working with UNIX, Linux and Windows for decades. So many things sysadmins (myself included) take for granted, but I meet a lot of junior level employees that never learned some of these basic concepts or practices. I'm pointing them to this video from now on. Most older IT folks don't have the patience to teach this so thoroughly. Well done!

  • @akirubamiru6700
    @akirubamiru6700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Derek that a great video not for beginner but also good for revision although could you do stamps times? Thank you Derek!

  • @testchannel-ignore9559
    @testchannel-ignore9559 ปีที่แล้ว

    What you said about moving, copying, creating deleting files via a terminal is so true. I liked the tip about asking beginners to re-watch, and try the commands. Of course I am an old hat at this, but was looking for a video for co-workers.

  • @poisonpotato1
    @poisonpotato1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This brings me back to 2014. Freshman year of college we had to learn all of this in a required course that was prerequisite for every engineering major

  • @im-a-trailblazer
    @im-a-trailblazer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I literally changed this comment 3 times. This is exactly the video i was looking for. U answered a lot of questions i had about commands in the terminal i built up the last weeks. Great stuff man love it.

  • @BrewmasterN8
    @BrewmasterN8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im new! I am still learning but I have to say, if anyone else is learning alone like i am, then pit your frustrations to the side and keep trying. it is tough but you will get better at it before you even realize it. 😂 one day you will be watching a video like this and realize you need to fast forward because you know this stuff. 😎
    I can navigate linux but not confidently,. I still cant really manipulate it very well. ..Took me many hours to finally get my external network adapter and Bluetooth mouse installed. I wasted a lot of time taking chillaxin breaks 😅
    I probably already forgot how i did it.
    Videos like these are very helpful though and I am always searching for more.
    Thnak you

    • @ivyndane10
      @ivyndane10 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Woow so happy for you can I install it on my android phone

  • @joshstrawder
    @joshstrawder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’ve learned more about using Linux from this channel than I have about just customizing Linux...

  • @bobwright8000
    @bobwright8000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Linux has been my daily driver for years, but I watched this just to see if there was anything I could learn. Sure enough, I have always used "cd .." to go up a directory. I never knew "cd -" would work also. Great job.

    • @dandandrorivolleyball
      @dandandrorivolleyball 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mapped "cd .." to ".." in my bash_aliases a few months back and it feels amazing!
      I also love the shopt auto cd option in bash that lets me write the directory name without cd before it and it just cd's into it :)

    • @dandandrorivolleyball
      @dandandrorivolleyball 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry, the command that lets you cd without typing "cd" is shopt -s autocd

    • @kiiikoooPT
      @kiiikoooPT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeap that is a windows thing I think, I also use that to go back and cd . go back to root :)

    • @yash1152
      @yash1152 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      cd - doesnt take u up one dir, it takes u back to which directory you were before this one. and that might be up / down / side / anywhere.
      example, say i am in abc/def
      and you `cd xyz/uvw`. then `cd -` will bring you to that abc/def path, not xyz like cd .. would

    • @bobwright8000
      @bobwright8000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yash1152 Thanks Yash

  • @irascib1e
    @irascib1e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my favorite unintentional ASMR video. Linux tips are good too

  • @noahlomax1
    @noahlomax1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of the GREATEST beginner Linux tutorials on TH-cam. Thank you very much for this course of yours, sir. I've also subscribed for more.

  • @wertywerrtyson5529
    @wertywerrtyson5529 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’ve stayed away from the terminal as much as possible for 20 years. I never understood the point of a text interface when you have a graphical interface. It felt like using DOS when I was a little kid. I quickly left that when Windows 95 came out and never really bothered with DOS again. But now I want to learn terminal a bit more. It helped solve an issue I had with Kubuntu.

  • @AgentFortySeven47
    @AgentFortySeven47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    DT you are the best Linux teacher I could ever ask for. This is such a helpful guide to the Linux terminal and you go at a really good pace. You explain things in a very clear way and I find this tutorial very easy to follow. Keep up the amazing work!

  • @sambathleluyer640
    @sambathleluyer640 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a lot. This is valuable for me, a new beginner into Linux Realm.

  • @currentlykent4593
    @currentlykent4593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Getting into this at the ripe age of 36. This was extremely helpful. Much obliged.

  • @lumar5233
    @lumar5233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use LinuxMint 20.1 XFCE and the terminal
    app that came with Linux on my old Toshiba.
    To increase the text size on my terminal,
    I had to press the CTRL key and the SHIFT
    key together and tap the + key.
    When I pressed only the CTRL key and tapped
    the + key, the = sign would show on the
    command line.
    Using only the CTRL key and tapping the minus
    key, the text would become smaller.
    I am using a Toshiba Satellite C55-B5250,
    bought around 2015.
    Thanks for the easy to follow terminal video.
    :

  • @2009researcher
    @2009researcher 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I applaud channels like this.
    Here's why.
    These resources are introducing people to our other options.
    I converted my computers to Linux a while back.
    I have no regrets at all.
    I got tired of questionable operating system behavior which included ads and popups.
    Since I put Linux MX on some machines and Linux Zorin on others, I'm experiencing nice tight operating systems that 'I' can trust. No ads. No popups. No operating system stubbornness.
    It just works!
    In my case, I had another observation. The amount of time I'd observe how often my hard drive and internet lights would be working when nobody is using the machines. With Linux I don't see this activity with these lights.
    An occasional flicker or two, but no 10 minute sessions of watching these lights showing activity.
    I'm fond of Linux MX because it lets you change the OS system Icon images.
    I put my business logo on the start button.
    I'm a very happy Linux user.
    Very happy. 👍

  • @目は心の鏡
    @目は心の鏡 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Run "man intro", it's a great intro (obviously) to using the Terminal. "info" is good on systems that support it but a bit harder to move around navigate. "man man" is another good place to start, and then from there "man command" (insert any command to learn about). Also "cd --help" or "command --help" is a good cheat sheet. depending your shell (most often bash), "man bash" will get more in depth. "man zsh" would be for the ZSH shell. If you want a bonus to take things to the next next level. Full screen your terminal, get rid of any menu bars or scrollbars, and then run "byobu" to get a terminal multiplexer (window manager) to split the terminal, have multiple tabs, print system info on status bar, pretty much a terminal based GUI so you aren't stuck in a single shell and can start multitasking similar to having multiple GUI windows open but way more efficient and hacker--ish haha.

  • @ivyndane10
    @ivyndane10 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My first day watching linux commands after ccna certification just picking one or two commands thanks very much

  • @gimcrack555
    @gimcrack555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The first commands that I learned. I always called them navigation commands. Which is the main commands you run daily. People always ask how can you remember these commands. Well repetition for one thing. I always start with 10 commands. Learn them well, until it's burn into memory. Then go to the next 10 commands. Repeat until you get to 100 commands by heart.

  • @SearchFT
    @SearchFT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In less than 5min you tought me more than I expected. Thanks a lot for this video. Will rewatch it a few times, making notes 🙏

  • @ped7g
    @ped7g 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    about `touch` - this subtle command does not only create file if it does not exist, but if it does exist, touch will keep it intact, but modify date of last modification (as if you re-saved it just now with same content)
    ^^^ this is quite handy functionality when you have some other tool depending on date of files, like building-systems or archiving (the "create file" functionality can be achieved by many other ways, but the "refresh the file date" is the main point of existence of `touch`)

  • @daftmario123
    @daftmario123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks dude, this was helpful. I've used Linux in the past and executed commands in the terminal, but I would just copy/paste the commands and not really understand what they meant or what exactly was going on. This helped fill in the gaps I had.

  • @ageema
    @ageema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Derek Taylor, You are a hero! This is tutorial works for us os x folks too.

  • @jakealbertson1130
    @jakealbertson1130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you. New to Linux and this answered a lot of questions I had.

  • @RiKo-uh9ot
    @RiKo-uh9ot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, haven't finished it yet, but I really wanted to leave a good feed-back here. So far so good.

  • @pawel4099
    @pawel4099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks a lot. I went linux(mint)-only like 3 moths ago and still not properly aquired basic bash so this video is EXACTLY what i needed ;)

  • @xDarkPx
    @xDarkPx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just started "Introduction to Operating Systems" two weeks ago and I am so slow and lost. I was able to complete my assignments, but they came with step by step instructions. This is some really intimidating stuff for a guy who left high school and has been working dead end jobs for 20 years. I decided to just pick something, and that was a Cybersecurity Program. If you have any tips, I welcome your advice because this video taught me a lot in under an hour. Thanks!!!

  • @glenngenoway7990
    @glenngenoway7990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for that teaching! I'm one of those who will be reviewing this information several times as I learn to use the command line.

  • @aloucks8
    @aloucks8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is a perfect video for learning Bash

  • @Colaholiker
    @Colaholiker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been using Linux for a long time in parallel with Windows and exclusively for more than one and a half yearas, but I didn't know that there is a printf command. I am familiar with printf as a c function, but it was this video that taught me about the Linux command with the same name.

  • @bobpeters61
    @bobpeters61 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel you on the terminal commands bit.
    "Can you recommend a video that will teach a total newbie everything about the terminal?" is sort of like, "I just bought my first guitar and don't even know a single cord. Can you recommend a video that will get me jamming like (insert your favorite superstar guitarist here)?"

  • @jimbo-dev
    @jimbo-dev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you are a real beginner and wondering if the terminal is really worth the time
    Yes it is! You get similar productivity boost from terminal as from learning 10 finger typing over self taught. But terminal has been easier to learn for me at least

  • @sebastianucero7535
    @sebastianucero7535 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very packed but most useful video on the Terminal so far. Thank You so so much.

  • @ShaunakHub
    @ShaunakHub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    An excellent video. Will be immensely helpful for new users.
    Really appreciate the work you doing for everyone.
    Thankfully I was never scared of the Terminal as I come from the MS-DOS days 😀

  • @CF542
    @CF542 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is a really great video intro to the command line. Do you have a video on finding and attaching local and network drives?

  • @MichaelVash7886
    @MichaelVash7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice. I knew a lot of these but did not realize 'cd' would go to home and 'cd -' would go back to the previous folder I was in. Kept expecting to hear about 'cd ..' to go up a level

  • @synen
    @synen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is DT the best Linux youtuber out there?
    Been watching him for months and the amount of gems he has over the years is insane !

  • @giovannikomis9805
    @giovannikomis9805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent work, one of the best tutorials about beginning learn Linux.

  • @sijomatheweleppumkal
    @sijomatheweleppumkal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Configuring shell aliases - awesome ! Thank you, dear...

  • @RobertGuilman
    @RobertGuilman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thoughts it was weird when i first heard Indian accent in a video teaching me computer science, turns out its even weirder hearing a Southern accent in a video teaching me computer science. Jokes aside, its a great video with clear explanation. Good job

  • @tylalikesfood
    @tylalikesfood 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extremely useful for a beginner trying to learn to bash in a terminal window, really needed this for work as I'm expected to handle linux and ubuntu OS based systems.

  • @ot0b
    @ot0b 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I installed linux for the first time & this was fun. Thanks.

  • @KingBawb-wg3jo
    @KingBawb-wg3jo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved the video. I guess since I knew all these I'm no longer a beginner...lol yeah right. Still a beginner. I also would've also added "cd .." to go back one directory. At least I use that one a lot.

  • @busyrand
    @busyrand ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you abundantly for this thorough, grounded instruction... This program was a joy to work through. Lots of my fears were relieved and I'm no longer walking on eggshells as a new Linux Mint user... I have previous experience with Windows Subsystem for Linux for a couple years, bu this is still a different animal with a new file system. Well done.

  • @tikutiku2368
    @tikutiku2368 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    State-of-the-art tutorial. Thanks for sharing!😎

  • @XGames_Mrated
    @XGames_Mrated 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was really encouraging to watch. Really helpful to improve my work

  • @ScottKentEdu
    @ScottKentEdu ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was awesome. Thank you for the video. Made so much more sense than trying to figure it out on my own.

  • @Prophet6000
    @Prophet6000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is a great video i just started learning and understanding the terminal this week.

  • @yaneve_t
    @yaneve_t 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the green raining 0 and 1 on the screen at the back

  • @chris-terrell-liveactive
    @chris-terrell-liveactive 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very helpful as I begin working with Linux, i haven't seen anything else on using terminal commands so this is an excellent reference thank you.

  • @RO-st8wh
    @RO-st8wh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for this step by step tutorial.
    Just instal linux last night on vm. Trying things out

  • @jasonk4442
    @jasonk4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you very much you are very easy to follow along with you should do entire sets of terminal tutorials heck I would even pay for them.

  • @akshatkumargems
    @akshatkumargems ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge on Linux terminal for beginners! Your explanations and jokes made the learning process so much more enjoyable and approachable. Your guide was instrumental in helping me get a better understanding of the Linux terminal and I appreciate all the time and effort you put into creating it. Your passion for teaching and commitment to helping others truly shines through. Keep up the great work and I look forward to learning more from you in the future! 💌💌

  • @Magnetron692
    @Magnetron692 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi Derek, many thanks! Dankeschön from Germany 😃👍🏻 Best wishes, Ralf

  • @dmays67
    @dmays67 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    11min in and already learning new stuff. Nice!

  • @tommyselbe1999
    @tommyselbe1999 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tandy trs80, I learned Basic in the 80s, DOS in the 90s, msDOS shell 6 was my favorite. I upgraded my green screen msDOS to an amber ibm dos in 96.. my bbs was the cyberdome, on my PS1 ibmdos 8color. Yeah new Orleans Superdome was a current thing. PC plus was my browser... via 2400bpm Dial up... Had all Three ISP CompuServe, prodigy and aol... NetZero was always a good back up...
    By 98.. my skills got noticed. I passed the tests for telecommunication tech II... I'm now retired from at&t Long lines... theses distros, this Linux, it is all the same. Different names and faces but the game... ah the game stays the same... reel to reel, 45s, albums, 8 track or cassette tape. CDs, mp3...
    Your videos are so helpful, thanks for the lessons 😺

  • @richardtwyning
    @richardtwyning 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been using Linux at home on all my machines for ten years, but I always enjoy videos on using the terminal. You can ALWAYS learn a new trick or two, even after ten years :-)

  • @Codename1Alice8
    @Codename1Alice8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Terminal is power of gods. But less users know that. 💪

  • @mojommojom7098
    @mojommojom7098 ปีที่แล้ว

    +1 to the previous comment, earned a sub because of this video. Great delivery and straight to the point. Thx

  • @adityaraj-vu1jr
    @adityaraj-vu1jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    just moved to Mac from windows been a great help, thanks.

  • @oregonpedpatrol4688
    @oregonpedpatrol4688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:25 The technical term for this symbol is a "squiggly wiggly".

  • @aronwomack359
    @aronwomack359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your videos man, you got me wanting to try Arch out. I'm running windows 11, and Ubuntu on a cheap laptop, and your videos have been priceless.

  • @jtjones4727
    @jtjones4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow this is an awesome video. I'm not a linux beginner by any means, but I'm no advanced user either. Maybe intermediate. Anyhow, this was great. Just started the video a few mins back and I've already learned some basic things I should have already known, but somehow missed. Thanks.

  • @cgcauldron5427
    @cgcauldron5427 ปีที่แล้ว

    Epic! I've gone through many other tuts, and this one is way on top. Thx a lot!

  • @Valkebab
    @Valkebab 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much! I'm very new to Linux and this helped me a lot

  • @loonathefoxgirl6375
    @loonathefoxgirl6375 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So i use linux daily. I didn't know the !! Or using source on the bashrc. This was really helpful thank you

  • @ChuckLandry
    @ChuckLandry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found this video and first time seeing your channel. VERY easy to follow and great information for someone new like me. Thank you!

  • @famailiaanima
    @famailiaanima 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    00:04 gnew subscribers lol

  • @BrewmasterN8
    @BrewmasterN8 ปีที่แล้ว

    41:45 I wanna thank these folks too thank you for making it possible

  • @imperfect_yes695
    @imperfect_yes695 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is perfect for the bignner without any doubt .

  • @theloniousMac
    @theloniousMac 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No subject has more videos than introduction to the command line. For both Mac and Linux.

  • @fatflamingo6599
    @fatflamingo6599 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you for making this free

  • @rizzrak
    @rizzrak ปีที่แล้ว

    I just started using Linux and this is very helpful!

  • @xk2102
    @xk2102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you DT!
    (for your keeping (me) company and your videos i've been binge-watching, not just this one..!)

    • @DistroTube
      @DistroTube  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you like them!

  • @mjdxp5688
    @mjdxp5688 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find it crazy that Linux users still exist that don't know how to use a terminal. Ever since I learned to use it, life has become so much easier for me. It's a lot more efficient for doing some stuff than it is using GUI applications, like installing packages.

    • @dimifisher
      @dimifisher ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol, installing packages is nothing, its the first thing everybody learns, but using terminal for anything you want to do on Linux i think is pretentious at least so not necessary

  • @MelsRNRETRO
    @MelsRNRETRO ปีที่แล้ว

    Been Interested in learning Linux and your video is Excellent. TYVM 🤠

  • @Javaman92
    @Javaman92 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I should be sleeping, and I am heading that way. But I was watching this, I am seriously considering dumping Windows and going to Linux. THIS, this reminds me of the good old days running DOS. Obviously just about the same thing. I think I might enjoy this.
    Okay, time to get some sleep...

  • @ApoplecticDialectics
    @ApoplecticDialectics 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kind of a rockstar presentation, this.

  • @pascalillustration3650
    @pascalillustration3650 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for this video. It's well explained. But for me as an end user, who works mainly with Mac OS and try linux Ubuntu, it's still difficult because I am used to the graphical user interface. And switching from a GUI to command line is difficult.
    This brings me also to something I still don't understand with linux. People try to convince Windows and Mac users that Linux is great, and it probably is in a certain way. But sooner or later in Linux you will be confronted with the terminal. And that's something most people don't want to use because it's difficult.
    A command line was the only option in the early days of personal computers, when computers were not powerfull enough for a GUI. But as soon GUI's became mainstraim, much more people used computers because now it was user friendly.
    So why does the Linux community stick so much to a command line for tasks that can be done much faster and more user friendly with a graphical user interface?
    How can you convince people this is great to an end user who don't know anything of programming or the use of the command line?

  • @realtimestatic
    @realtimestatic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Terminal meme man isn’t real he can’t hurt you
    Terminal meme man: 24:03

  • @TheMaro57
    @TheMaro57 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is just beautiful, thanks man, I was able to smoothly follow along, network chuck had me stressed the fuck out

  • @slipcurve1410
    @slipcurve1410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here's a safety tip for "rm - rf": put the "-rf" at the end: rm some/dir -rf. That way you can review the directory before typing the nuclear -rf at the end.

    • @6500s1
      @6500s1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      isn't it possible to recover the deleted files with some special programs like on windows? has something to do with partitions, don't remember any of those program names, but there are plenty.

    • @slipcurve1410
      @slipcurve1410 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@6500s1 it is, most of the time (any OS), even with basic file systems. When you delete a file, the data is not actually touched at all, but the space is simply marked as free to use. If nothing is written over it, the file is recoverable with tools.

    • @6500s1
      @6500s1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slipcurve1410 and even if it is formatted or writen on multiple times, there are more powerful tools as far as I remember? Maybe the limit is somewhere around 20 full formats or whatever.

    • @slipcurve1410
      @slipcurve1410 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@6500s1 well there are ways, but that goes into data recovery services and stuff like that. I don't think you can recover overwritten files on a basic filesystem with software alone, but of course I might be wrong about that. Not an expert.