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System basics: Exploring Bash - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Linux Tips
System basics: Exploring Bash
- [Instructor] Bash, or the Bourne Again Shell, is a very popular command-line shell that's available to use on Linux systems. Many distros use Bash as the default command-line interpreter. In fact, Macs use Bash as the default shell too and so does Windows using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. So it's a good idea to learn at least a little bit about Bash even if you prefer to use a different shell day to day. A shell is an environment where a user can interact with a system to issue commands, read output, and so on. Most shells offer some commands and features over and above the ability to run programs. When we run a program like LS or Ping, we're using commands that exist on the system and we're using the shell to tell the system to run them. In many cases, our interaction with the command line doesn't extend too far beyond just issuing commands and arguments in a way that would work in any shell. What Bash brings to the table is a series of convenient shortcuts and other features…
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System basics: The Linux file system6m 35s
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System basics: The command line5m 23s
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System basics: Keyboard shortcuts1m 40s
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System basics: sudo access and root4m 57s
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System basics: Explore a system4m 38s
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System basics: Exploring Bash7m
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System basics: Bash scripting basics4m 59s
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System basics: The Bash prompt6m 2s
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System basics: Bash output redirection4m 57s
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Bash expansions and substitutions4m 23s
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Bash aliases and functions4m 7s
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Bash operators6m 55s
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Logs5m 4s
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Grub3m 19s
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SysV init4m 43s
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Systemd5m 29s
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Cron8m 7s
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Understanding chroot3m 16s
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System basics: User and group management8m 39s
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System basics: Service management3m 44s
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Backing up data with rsync5m 35s
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Splitting and combining files3m 3s
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Environment configuration files2m 43s
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Working with dotfiles1m 43s
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Exploring the PATH variable3m 51s
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Browsing with the directory stack3m 19s
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Finding or locating files3m 52s
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Working with swap4m 29s
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Read and write caches3m 5s
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Terminals, consoles, and TTYs4m 27s
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Exploring journalctl5m 2s
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