5 Linux Commands Every Beginner Should Know

Nice explanation.

here's some more commands: fd, rg, fzf, tmux, magick, ffmpeg, eza, git, uv, mpv, docker, htop, lazygit, lazydocker, claude (anthropic's claude model available at the cli)

Hi Michael. I recently changed to Linux. . I don't think this are the commands i was looking for when I clicked on this video. I am more interested in Search commands since I am a bit lost on how the directories are set up on Linux. I am interested in package libraries to install new stuff. Call programs i can't find, stuff like that

ありがと = شكراً = thanks👍

You forgot ln, its super important sometimes..

no mv? (move). I know you can effectively copy and then remove the original, but this is more succinct.
also on my systems, you don't have to sudo the reboot, you can just type reboot. Unless there's many users you don't need to be privileged to run this I believe

Just use the Terminal and save a bunch of time! Just use it! I use sudo apt autoremove, sudo apt clean and sudo apt autoclean quite a lot....

there's a package called "thef**k"
it's so cool! if you run command incorrectly like "aptget firefox", it would error out, but if you type the command "f**k" it would correct the previous command to "apt-get firefox"!

Or: sl, cowsay, cmatrix, fastfetch and cal. 😊

lpr ".pdf , You can run this in a folder with documents and it will print using the default printer all the .pdf files in that folder, alternatively you can use any document format at the end in order to only print that document. This is by far the command I most use on Linux since I have migrated all of my business to Linux.
Hope it helps someone!

I still remember the early 90s, coming from Basic and DOS my first contact with Unix was on SunOS/Solaris, I was blown away how much more complex but also capable it was, learning the "terminal" in Linux is a mighty life skill, sorta like learning how to cook ... I can't encourage people enough to give it a go, it's worth it!

Thank you, Mr Tunnell. I often use dir. Now I know it is "ls -l". Would you be willing to have a quickie with dd? I regularly have issues with the GUI versions. I am now committed to using the terminal regularly

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or sudo reboot now

Nitpicking: the first "terminal animation" in the intro is not a terminal - it's editing some code. While both are "ooh... Scary text with no buttons", these are not related in any way.

The second animation is better, though the matrix-like panes are a bit much.

Do these particular commands work in all (or most) distros or just certain families (Debian-based, Arch-based, Red Hat-based, etc)?

Hi Michael, keep creating and inspiring your viewers about Linux command! Your talent about Linux consistently makes the content interesting.
(I find comments like this hilarious)

Something that may be confusing is that your .bashrc might have already have rm aliased to rm -i, etc.

I still try and use neo fetch and not fast fetch.

I like videos about the basics of CLI and Linux, but it's hard to make one. I feel like just showcasing commands isn't enough, there's a lot of things a distribution has that can be demystified so that a new user gets to know the structure of it. This would probably need a whole new series, so I understand why this might be out of the scope.

You forgot to mention how powerful these commands can be when used together, like sudo rm -rf /

I now have the knowledge to be Hackerman. It's hacking time!

Also, 'cd --' (double '-' will put you back at the home folder, same as 'cd ~'

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You can use pushd and popd to hop around the file system, too. Those are very handy for some scripting scenarios.

Oh no! You skipped on explaining the two most important commands for a terminal user: man and apropos
Also - the correct way to edit a root permission file is to use sudoedit - it doesn't run your editor with root permissions (which is a huge security problem) instead it copies the target file to a temporary location, launches your editor with that, and after the editor closes - copies it back. It's also better because if you tend to save occasionally while editing (a good practice you should adopt if you don't yet) then the system will never see a half baked file.

You forgot the "cat" (concatenate) command to see the contents of a file!

nice vid! just one minor suggestion: maybe teaching newcomers about sudoedit (or sudo -e) would be slightly better than "sudo nano". as soon as you start configuring your editor it gets annoying when it runs as root, it's not great for security reasons and some editors will give you an error/warning.

Can you explain how to use the "kill" command. Been using Mint or LMDE now since release 19 and just now learning some of these commands. I know "kill closes a program but not sure how to use it.

I started with a C64 so typing commands was the only way to code! Linux is light work compared the that! I think Mint 21.3 is the best right now but most distros wont boot on my desktop. Mint has no problem with my hardware and works out of the box, although I have a script to install tools that I like! Have fun on the CLI!

I’ve glimpsed the future of the Linux terminal, and it’s called Warp Terminal. Now, if only there were an open-source alternative that let you run local AI models—I’d happily put up a bounty for that. Imagine the power of Warp, but fully open and running everything right on your own machine...one can dream.

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it might be a joke/meme, but imho one of the best commands to know on linux is 'man'. full, detailed documentation all the time, even if you're offline!

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