1  Command Line

This lesson provides an introduction to the command line, equipping you with the tools to open and work within your systems’ files without a graphical user interface.

Learning Goals

After this lesson, you should be able to:

• Understand the components of your computer’s command line prompt
• Run commands in the command line
• Identify common commands and flags to navigate your system
• Open and interact with the Vim text editor
• Use common Vim commands

Important

The primary material for this lesson is Chapters 4-8 of DataLab’s Introduction to the Unix Command Line workshop.

Any supplementary material will be posted in this chapter.