🔗 Understanding the Unix Command Line

I've been using the Unix command line since about 2008. When I started, I learned ls, cd, and a few basics like that. But even after becoming more proficient, it was a while before I understood what I'm really doing when I type those commands (and I still have much to learn).

If you're like I was - not a complete newbie, but pretty shallow in your command-line fu - let me fill in some of the gaps for you and show you some of the powerful things you can do when you fire up your terminal. But before that...