Getting Started with the Linux Shell

Learning to use the Linux shell AKA Bash is an essential skill for any open source enthusiast or IT professional. Whichever distro you're using, you will at some point find yourself need to use the terminal.
Careful use of the command-line can help you work more efficiently and manage large infrastructures by automating tasks at scale.
This video will help you get started by introducing you to some of the basics.
I realise Bash (the Bourne Again Shell) is not exclusive to Linux, and can be run on BSD/FreeBSD, or even Windows, and that other shells exist too; but I've mentioned Bash specifically because it's the default shell for most Linux users.
Links to other videos mentioned:
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📽️ The New Windows Terminal: • The New Windows Termin...
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[@glitchy_weasel]

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Great content!
Linux FTW!

[@ProTechShow]

Thanks 🙂

[@AjayiGraceFolayemi]

Thank you so much

[@ProTechShow]

You're welcome

[@sabestek8896]

"Where there is a shell, there is a way.."
It's a UNIX System, I know this.
"The Power to Serve"
-FreeBSD

[@ProTechShow]

"With great power comes great responsibility"

[@tomvanlandeghem-px7gj]

Good explanation i never used it used all life windows so listen good

[@ProTechShow]

Thanks!

[@bhushanthakur6469]

11:10 cool!

[@ProTechShow]

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[@harshrathod50]

Yes, you said the most right thing that one linux is not the other linux. At this point of time I only use Fedora for my server, and Ubuntu is very annoying to me because you need to "sudo" everywhere in it.

[@ProTechShow]

"The same, only different" seems a good way to put it

[@harshrathod50]

@@ProTechShow Give it a BASH! 😎

[@ProTechShow]

Dad jokes FTW! 😁

[@luk1505]

vi is vi
vim is vim
They are not interchangeable, they're two different programs.
Very informative video tho :)

[@ProTechShow]

Thanks 🙂
They are different programs... but they are also interchangeable in a practical sense because if you type "VI" it opens VIM on most systems these days as VIM is generally considered to be the replacement for VI. That's what was happening in the example I gave - I typed "VI" and it opened "VIM".

[@luk1505]

​@@ProTechShow That isn't true for all. Manjaro for example ships with both vi and vim. I would therefore be cautious with calling them interchangeable (it's probably closer to the case with less and more).
This goes back to what you said in the video - every Linux based system is slightly different :)

[@ProTechShow]

Haha, yes the key word was "most". It's nearly impossible to make a blanket statment about Linux because somebody will always have somthing a little bit different!

[@marcoswwong1]

many talking very little teaching