Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this command line tutorial for beginners, you'll learn terminal basics, bash commands, and essential CLI skills used by developers, DevOps engineers, and data analysts.

✏️ Study this course interactively on Scrimba:
scrimba.com/command-line-basics-c08b87ogl0?via=scrimbafcc

Code is available on the Scrimba course page for each lesson.

This course is perfect for beginners looking to demystify the command line and start using it with confidence. You'll do all this while building the file structure for a quiz game.

What is the command line? The command line is a text-based interface that lets you interact directly with your computer's operating system. It may look intimidating at first, but it's incredibly powerful once you know the basics.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:56 Demystifying the command line
08:42 Inspect the file tree with ls
14:17 Rules of navigation
20:36 Create & delete files with touch and rm
25:21 Create & delete directories with mkdir, rmdir, and -r
30:18 Write to files with echo
37:24 Read from files with cat
43:32 Section 1 outro

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