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Linux Basics - Intro to CLI

1. Linux strategy for beginners

A. Tips to learn and use basic Linux skills.

2. Logging into SSH command line

A. SSH pass & key authentication, ports, and clients

3. Navigating directories

A. Seeing directory paths with "pwd", and navigating in & out with "cd".

B. Listing files with "ls" and "ls -la".

C. Tab completion & up/down arrows.

4. Viewing files

A. Viewing text files with "cat" and "more".

5. Editing files & directories

A. Creating files, text-editing with vi/vim.

B. Moving, copying, and deleting files.

C. Archiving and extracting files.

D. Creating & managing directories.

6. File ownership & permissions

A. Changing file ownership with chown.

B. Changing file permissions with chmod.

7. File transfer

A. Fast file sending with wget.

B. Fast file-syncing with rsync.

8. Disk management

A. Checking available disk space.

B. Checking sizes of files & directories.

9. Server load diagnosis

Using top and htop to see CPU & memory usage.

10. Running commands

A. Understanding Linux command structure.

B. Cheatsheet list of Linux commands.

A. Viewing text files with “cat” and “more”.

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