49 | Terminal Commands and Power Tips

In this episode, Amy and James cover the Terminal: commands to use, shortcuts, and power features.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 0:00 Introduction
• 7:31 What is the terminal?
• 11:34 Difference between Mac/Linux and Windows
• 13:24 Basic Commands
• 13:38 Navigating Directories
• 15:23 cd ls
• 18:06 Education of Different Flags
• 20:04 Sponsor: DatoCMS
• 21:11 Creating a file in Linux
• 21:45 Move or Rename
• 22:11 Copy and Remove
• 23:21 Wes Bos Trash Plugin
• 23:56 echo
• 24:47 wc
• 25:20 Clear Terminal
• 26:10 pwd
• 26:35 Quit Commands
• 27:20 Grep Command
• 29:44 Sponsor: ZEAL
• 30:38 Sudo
• 32:50 chmod Command
• 37:06 Pipes
• 38:50 Sponsor: Vercel
• 39:57 Tail and Head
• 41:04 Diff Command
• 41:27 Tar and Zip
• 42:48 SSH and SEP
• 43:11 vi/vim, nano
• 47:10 npm
• 47:31 People that use cli
• 48:57 Hyper Terminal Built on Electron
• 49:34 Command Line Power User Course from Wes Bos
• 50:09 zsh + bash
• 52:20 Grab Bag Questions - Tweet Us @compressedfm!
• 52:45 Picks and Plugs
• 52:59 James's Pick: Portable Charger
• 54:29 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube
• 54:51 Amy's Pick: The Whistler by John Grisham
• 55:14 Amy's Plug: Level Up Tutorials Course on Keystone and Tailwind