Basics of the using the Linux Command line / SSH - Part 2:

Things you will need:

  • To be connected via SSH or on the terminal of a Linux machine.

Video Description:

This is a part two of a short video series discussing some basics of using the Linux command line.

Aimed at users new to the Linux command line this tutorial gives advice and information for using the Linux command line after connecting to the terminal or via ssh.

Useful links / code from the video:

yum install nano - Installs nano on a Redhat / Centos system.

apt-get install nano - Install nano text editor on Ubuntu / Debian

wget - Download a file from the world wide web

cat filename.txt | grep searchterm - Read the contents of a file and search it for something in this case the word searchterm.

touch - Create a file

mkdir - Create a directory

ls -laSh - List files in the directory showing permissions, sizes (human readable) last modified times an 

Related content:

Recommended prior reading / viewing:

- Part 1 of this series (Video)

Recommended follow up reading / viewing:

- Part 3 of this series (Video)

- htaccess usage guide (Written)