Chapter 9. Command-Line Quickstart

In This Chapter

• What Is the Command Line?

• Accessing the Command Line

• User Accounts

• Reading Documentation

• Understanding the Linux File System Hierarchy

• Navigating the Linux File System

• Working with Permissions

• Working with Files

• Working as Root

• Commonly Used Commands and Programs

• References

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, the console, the command prompt, and the 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.

The command line is ...

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