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Mastering the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Understanding how to find, move, and manipulate text is a fundamental Linux admin skill. This course will teach you how to apply the core tools you'll need for working with files and text streams across a wide range of administration tasks.

Beginner
1h 17m

Created by David Clinton

Last Updated Dec 17, 2025

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Mastering the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Understanding how to find, move, and manipulate text is a fundamental Linux admin skill. This course will teach you how to apply the core tools you'll need for working with files and text streams across a wide range of administration tasks.

Beginner
1h 17m

Created by David Clinton

Last Updated Dec 17, 2025

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What you'll learn

Nearly everything in Linux is controlled through plain text files. So learning how to find and manipulate text within your Linux filesystem is a core life skill. In this course, Mastering the Command Line Interface (CLI), you’ll gain the ability to confidently perform text-processing tasks on the command line. First, you’ll explore some basic file manipulation tools. Next, you’ll discover sophisticated search tools. Finally, you’ll learn how to redirect text streams to change your Linux environment. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Linux command line administration needed to perform basic system administration tasks.

Mastering the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Beginner
1h 17m
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David Clinton
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David taught high school for twenty years, worked as a Linux system administrator for five years, and has been writing since he could hold a crayon between his fingers. His childhood bedroom wall has since been repainted.

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