MISSION 88

Command Line Basics

Learn how to navigate through files with the command line.

Objectives

  • Learn how to navigate the file directory from the command line.
  • Learn how to create and delete dictionaries.

Mission Outline

1. Introduction
2. Overview of the Filesystem
3. Absolute vs. Relative Paths
4. Getting Back to the dq Folder
5. Understanding Users
6. The Home Directory
7. Making a New Directory
8. Using Command Options to Modify Behavior
9. Reviewing Available Command Options
10. Listing the Contents of a Directory
11. Removing a Directory
12. Takeaways

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Course Info:

Command Line Beginner

Beginner

The median completion time for this course is 6.12 hours. View details

This course requires a basic subscription. It includes six missions, and three guided projects It is the eighth course in the Data Analyst in Python path and Data Scientist in Python path.

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