Command Line Lecture

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Command Line


Here you will find resources related to my command line lecture given at the Governor's School on May 18-19, 2017.


The virtual machine used is based on VirtualBox 5.1.22 and CentOS 7. A download link to the correct version of VirtualBox and the virtual machine used can be found below. Ensure upon installation that any VirtualBox Extension Packs are installed. VirtualBox will prompt you if they are missing:

VirtualBox 5.1.22 Windows
VirtualBox 5.1.22 macOS
VirtualBox 5.1.22 Linux

(Note: The Linux download will lead to a page listing packages for various distributions. It it up to you to choose the correct package.)

Command Line Lecture Virtual Machine (3.24GB) MD5: c7a1b8343ff063ec80463095da3f3c9e, SHA-1: 326ba6c833c94f72834c83a265afe8bf5f08a043

(Note: The virtual hard drive file is too large for FAT32 formatted devices. Ensure your drive is formatted NTFS, exFAT, HFS+, or ext2/3/4, depending on your platform.) (Currently Unavailable)


Command Line Resources

UNIX Tutorial for Beginners - Tutorial on the UNIX command line by the University of Surrey


Vim Resources

vimtutor - built-in tutorial on UNIX systems
Vim Adventures - Online Zelda-esque game to learn vim commands


Git Resources

Try Git - Step-by-step tutorial on creating and using a git repository
Pro Git - Free online copy of Pro Git provided by the maintainers of Git, members of the Software Freedom Conservancy
Man Pages - Online copy of the man pages for various git commands

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