Why is the book so short?
In our Computer Systems in 20 Minutes series we learn about various computer-related tasks and software at a very brisk pace. When you need to learn something you don't always have the time to read a lengthy book, in this series we get to the point and deliver the information as quickly and effectively as possible.
What's included?
- Accessing the command line
- Navigating the terminal
- Using flags to tailor commands
- Definitions of various special folders and locations
- Creating, moving, copying and renaming files and folders
- Compressing and uncompressing files and folders
- Elevating privliges
- Looking at special files such as the users and password shadow file
- Using in-terminal text editors
- Changing file permissions
- Networking
- Installing software via the command line
- File systems