10 Linux Terminal Commands for Beginners

The Linux command line can be quite daunting. What do commands like ls, cd, pwd and less mean? When you see that blinking cursor, what is the first thing you should type? Find out more in my Linux terminal command and utilities tutorial.
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[@ahmetyusufsalim]

List of the 10 commands: 1- ls 2- cd 3- pwd 4- mkdir 5- rmdir 6- rm 7- cp 8- mv 9- cat 10- more/less

[@eddierichmond1586]

the real mvp

[@star-devil9157]

Thank you bro

[@thelearner761]

You saved almost 14 min!

[@nyati_imhenyu]

I was looking for this. ls = list cd = ? pwd = print working document mkdir = make directory rmdir = remove directory rm = remove cp = copy mv = move cat = ? more/less??? I need to go over the video again

[@hulavux8145]

@@nyati_imhenyu cd = change directory, cat = concatenation, more/less = [i have no idea yet].

[@onlydubz558]

great video Gary. only thing you forgot to mention is that commands and file names in the terminal are case sensitive

[@UncleRichie101]

Well this is going in a playlist for my future reference. You've just made so many jobs that bit easier, cheers Gary. 😁

[@bigmacbeta]

Another great no nonsense video Gary. Short, concise and full of content. Thank you again.

[@bobandmaryw4336]

Hey Gary, you may have just started your channel a year ago. But, this was fun coming from being an old guy like me who used Basic and DOS. In the late 70's, early 80's. Before that I was at Sunoco doing some keypunch and computer op work in a Mainframe room in Dallas. This is the fun of the Linux Command line. Believe it or not, it's great to see this. I hope you keep it up as so many kids need to learn precisely what you are doing here. Thanks for the great video!! Very to the point instructive and quick. Might take a few folks a minute to go back thru and grasp it. LOL! In 1975 at Sunoco we were running IBM mainframe Our system backed up Texas Instruments. I had no idea about Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or Linux. At UT in the 80's I saw the first 1 meg chip from TI laying on a tech bench to be tested out and run. LOL Thanks for the fun.

[@Kamraniqbal22]

Nicely explained..keep the work going. Will be waiting for next five.

[@makanansari144]

That was awesome! I love to see more!

[@AkHafiz]

People like you make the world a better place. Kudos.

[@mikehyatt2959]

You do an excellent job of explaining the commands. This pace was just a little quick, but it's still a big thumbs up!

[@turtlewax3849]

I know this is just a beginner's course to the command line in Linux, at the same time we saw how powerful and useful the Terminal is in Linux with just a few basic commands. Talk about wrist saving techniques! Thank you very much for helping new Linux users!

[@donavanboykin9489]

Really appreciate your information, Gary! As a standard Windows user for most of my years, switching Linux feels very rewarding. Oddly enough, I really like the command line business! It's like mixing ingredients and then making things happen! It's pretty cool lol. My inner nerd is showing

[@opensourceis9996]

Lol same

[@1shagg420]

I definitely look forward to the advanced term commands video. Those are the ones I need to learn more about.

[@sproutish802]

Damn dude, you live up to your name in the best way possible! Pleasantly explained and straight to the point :0

[@barrymatherne7703]

This video was on my LINUX Training playlist that I created. I am now going to the 5 commands video next. Thanx Gary, you explain things well.....

[@SIRKhalid7]

Keep going Mr. Gary.

[@TheWonderfulWino]

You took me back to my Ms-DOS 3.1 days. OMG I've gone back in time!!!

[@StrikeFreedom1920]

Yes Gary Sensei, the other 5 would be useful, thanks.

[@ul3m8]

Very nice and quick explanation for a linux noob like me. I learned alot, thanks Gary!

[@zadintuvas1]

Another useful option for "ls" command is "h" (eg. "ls -lah"). This shows file sizes in human readable units (kilobytes, megabytes and gigabytes) as opposed in bytes only.

[@gothcliche]

Thank you! I liked the pace of this; it whipped me into a learning frenzy.

[@alenkruth]

The best part of linux is the command line🔥♥️

[@sal_strazzullo]

It's the best part because it's challenging and fun to learn, and also powerful and flexible, but it's not that great when coming to normal users who only want to get things done

[@Luxcium]

Sasino _ I thought people were using command line to get actual things done anyway !!!

[@believingintheblood8540]

Honest question though, why not just do all that on the desktop, you can just point and click all the same

[@bharathg8072]

@@believingintheblood8540 Linux natively has a command-line interface, people build GUI's to do the stuff Gary talks about and much more. It's good to know this stuff for many reasons. 1. You just want to use Linux as it is (without the GUI) using the command line or 2. You aren't happy with your current GUI you want to make your own, it is relatively easy and LEGAL as Linux is (thank god) open source. 3. To show-off that you know these things. 4. To appear as though you know stuff when navigating through Linux, with people around, and the list goes on. The bottom line is that it always pays off to know more about the stuff you use be-it cars, computer hardware, LINUX, or anything else, knowing more helps you understand it better and make you better at it!

[@jonas7151]

@@believingintheblood8540 I know it’s a bit late but it’s important for tasks only be done from the terminal or be done a lot easier and faster from there. When you need to do something in a specific folder you need to know how to get there. Also when you know the commands everything is just a bit faster.

[@archerpiperii2690]

This is why I love Linux: Want to work in a GUI environment? "Mint" is a great GUI, especially for those coming from Windows. Want to Geek-out on the console? The Linux console works very well for beginners and power-users alike. You get the best of both worlds with Linux.

[@bobanderson4732]

Great job, Gary! Thanks for that.

[@ccroy2001]

Perfect! I recently installed Linux Mint on my laptop. Going to the terminal a lot and moving around has been confusing, this is great.

[@archerpiperii2690]

Going through that process myself right now. Put "Mint" on my laptop and love it! The desktop is next.

[@abdullahzafar4401]

Love it you do know how to explain ..

[@ummerawmantrisha6675]

Your lesson was very easy to understand. Thank you

[@zahidulislam2068]

Wonderful no-nonsense presentation, Gary. Thanks a lot

[@GaryExplains]

Glad you liked it!

[@bilalbichou5484]

Hell yes !!! Thank you Gary👍👌👏

[@ayth81]

I learned a few things. Your explanations are very clear.

[@sijokuriakose3895]

Beautiful explanation. Thank you for sharing.

[@andaloons]

Good job! Learned a couple things I didn't know.

[@savannahwang789]

Very clear. Thank you.

[@charlesh.eelliottv861]

Very great breakdown.

[@config2000]

More Linux goodness for sure. Please also any super tips when using the terminal. For example pressing TAB key to auto-complete the text partially typed in the command line.

[@enragedbutterfly]

Thank you for this! I knew some but learned more.

[@subhansiddiqui5000]

THANK U FOR THE VIDEO .REALLY HELPFUL . APPRECIATED

[@perrylx]

Great stuff. Keep it up!

[@JuiceManTech]

Great video, you made it very easy to understand

[@reverendandy3279]

Very helpful video. I'm studying Linux to improve on my own skills and to work toward a new job. Thanks for these! Subscribing.

[@HaakonanTG]

Thank you.... learning a lot !

[@nishankbani3257]

Thanks very informative video.

[@sure5291]

Thanks Gary, I am being a newbie you video is very educating.

[@sbn025]

keep these coming, please!!!

[@ApaniSmith]

This helped me A LOT

[@virtue.learning]

Useful Video with all Information easily available. One senses that you are passionate about this ;)

[@Jackson7573]

Very interesting beginners video , please make another video for more of these basic but useful Linux commands

[@gabrielbrito9806]

Very helpful! Cheers man

[@cheesefries7436]

Helpful video thank you!

[@cholponzhakshylykova4099]

very informative and concise. thanks

[@retafmil]

Wow . . . is this ever helpful! Thanks very much!!!

[@goldbrick2751]

Just found your channel looks pretty good. I hope I can learn some.

[@thecursedond3374]

very helpful thank u Gary

[@derrickjerome8110]

Thank you for this video while explained and very simple to get the hang of

[@eeeek5238]

Awesome video!

[@iankelly3081]

Good video and well presented.

[@Daniel-nb3kk]

Good job, Gary, very comprehensive for a beginner like me. :)

[@flstudiocodemastersejayrag6544]

Yeh I definitely don't remember it being so impossible since 1981. I feel so old👴 bro🧓✌🏾...

[@mrseanpaul81]

definitely interested in the next 5 commands

[@bharathg8072]

Great video, very informative, and I learned a lot. You didn't mention that you used tab to complete a half-written command, juts felt like you should've but all in all an amazing explanatory video.

[@ajkhal2808]

Perfect work sir, keep it up

[@rami3sam]

Nice video in a good subject keep going professor!

[@dextergaming1073]

U just helped me alot sir. Thanks a lot.

[@humanbeing_]

Can't believe you only have 21k subscribers Gary! That's just nuts! You're well deserving of 100k MINIMUM with the knowledge & expertise you possess. Your videos are informative, move at a good clip, and are generally all around fun & entertaining to go along with the education/information. I love Knowledge! You've just gained a lifetime subscriber! Thumbs-Up AND Clicked the bell icon as all; looking forward to binging on your channel for a couple weeks! 😬🙋‍♂️👍 On a side note I would request MORE Linux & Unix videos. More CLI/Bash as well! 🍻 Cheers! -H.B.

[@GaryExplains]

I only launched the channel 3 months ago, so I think we are doing OK!!! :-)

[@humanbeing_]

Gary Explains - well, I suppose that's a good point. I guess a just took for granted how long you've been a part of Android Authority. This also explains why I didn't realize until recently that you had this channel... Last thing: PLEASE upload more Linux and Linux - CLI (terminal) / Unix - bash - terminal commands videos. I love this type of content! Thanks for the video, AND thanks for the reply!!! Cheers! -H.B.

[@tomkay5899]

Great video thanks 👍

[@ranehervin5897]

Super helpful video!

[@GaryExplains]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chandrasekhark949]

Awesome! Thank you :).

[@Melody.Rama.]

Simple and helpfull!

[@pspdeepti]

Cool video Gary!! Can you please make a video explaining the most famous flavors of Ubuntu? Ubuntu is one of the most famous among beginners like me but people say it also has some flavors that we should give a try to suit our needs like performance, low price hardware, windows-like functionalities, etc.

Hey! You should have mentioned you hit Tab from time to time through the video.

[@BWGPEI]

The funny part of this lesson is how much remains the same from 35 years ago when I was administrator of a Unix publication system. Photo-typesetter, VT-100 serial terminals, tape backup, the whole deal. I could never have imagined using Linux Mint full-time all these years later, or how much I would like it.

[@ridwanray]

thanks so so much Gary

[@krishnaprasad8418]

it's fine useful, thanks

[@leasbenmaupa3780]

that would be inhuman for me and so selfish not to subscribe to this channel, @Gary you just me fall deep and deep with Linux, and now I'm going through all your tutorials..thanks a mill buddy

[@JorgeGonzalez-ov9uc]

You made my day

[@steevee1945]

Yes, please do more commands.

[@jakubk7158]

Thanks great video :)

[@ThisNameIsVeryClever]

It's unfortunate that a lot of people want to avoid the terminal as much as possible. I've even seen user-friendly distro pages advertise how little one needs to hop into it. That isn't to say GUI's are automatically worse - I prefer them most of the time - but certain things are just so much easier and faster in the terminal. "I know there's a Swiss Army Knife on my table that can do basically everything I need, but I'm going to pretend it doesn't exist."

[@caialyu2833]

Thank you Gary!!!!!

[@deormayoks1]

Thanks Gary !

[@arvindthakore6065]

Simply the best, excellent.......

[@GaryExplains]

Glad you like it!

[@VV-xt7fj]

Looking forward to more videos like this. Also would like to learn the basics of some programming languages like c, Java,c++ and python.

[@GaryExplains]

Yep, programming tutorials for all those languages are on my TODO list!

[@Marclombeya]

great!!! Thank you!!!!

[@jarkmonsoon5527]

Studying for an exam and you helped a lot

[@ivanslavkovic]

Thanks so much

[@alessiorosa1059]

I hope other videos on this subject will come soon, really enjoyed this one! I've always wondered, what did you study? Do you have a degree in computer science or something like that? I'd be interested in a video about that

[@GaryExplains]

This video is very old now and I guess I should do a new one... but I think it contains all the info you are looking for: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWian6xtgamagM0

[@alessiorosa1059]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot

[@MuhammadAhsan-hq2bc]

Amazing!!!

[@siddharthpimprikar6259]

Yes please!

[@devtube734]

Thanks Gary

[@NightpireVideos]

Thanks a lot man

[@refaiabdeen5943]

Cheers Mate!

[@gooddeedsleadto7499]

Could you do a video on understanding scripting to create oracle databases without confusions. This is a better substitute to dbca, database configuration assistant. Thank you so much for the video.

[@ivansavelyev2640]

Hooray, Linux day ☺️

[@josephbizouati7663]

Great video! Can you please post the link to the next video!

[@AmritaPBB]

well explained...very fluent

[@GaryExplains]

Glad you think so!

[@JohnSmith-pu3hy]

Good stuff

[@femalespeciesnevercareshon4950]

ThanQ plz do more videos.

[@b_mb4948]

14 minutes later and I'm practically an expert *;)*

[@jurgenblick5491]

Good teacher

[@jGRite]

Don't give us too much of this, but do continue with all the terminal and command prompt things.

[@maheshbharadwaj660]

Why are some commands not available if logged in as root? Not these but I remember having searched for a workaround sometime back

[@maheshbharadwaj660]

time for me to learn Linux I guess :)

[@Ryuseigan]

If you don't have Ubuntu,you can try it in your phone using the terminal app(some phones have it in the developer options) .