49 | Terminal Commands and Power Tips

Feb 22, 2022

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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