Chapter 7. Welcome to the Command Line

• Starting Up the Terminal

• Getting Started

• Building Pipelines

• Running Commands as Superuser

• Finding Help

• Moving around the Filesystem

• Manipulating Files and Folders

• System Information Commands

• Searching and Editing Text Files

• Dealing with Users and Groups

• Getting Help on the Command Line

• Searching for Man Files

• Using Wildcards

• Executing Multiple Commands

• Moving to More Advanced Uses of the Command Line

One of the most powerful parts of any Ubuntu system is the command line. It can also be one of the most daunting to dive into. It seems there is often little help, and that the commands are not easy to find or figure out. If you are willing to learn, the power of the command line ...

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