Chapter 10

Command-Line Beginner’s Class

The Linux command line is one of the most powerful tools available for computer system administration and maintenance. The command line is also known as the terminal, shell, console, command prompt, and command-line interface (CLI). For the purposes of this chapter and the next, these terms are interchangeable, although fine-grained differences do exist between them.

Using the command line ...

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