Bash Shell Basics

The UNIX shell is a tool every developer should be familiar with.
This presentation introduces the basics of the Bash shell; it highlights 10 useful commands that can help developers get started.

Presented at the GDG Ibadan - Cloud Study Jams in Ibadan, Nigeria.

Transcript

1. Bash Shell Basics Goke Obasa
2. About Me Lead Engr. Mobile/ DevOps - Cotta & Cush Founder / Editor - Continuous Bytes Former Software Engr. (Part Time) - Releaf Former Software Engr. - Konga Former Software Engr. (Part Time) - Sanwo
3. What is the Shell Shell is a command line interface for running programs on your computer.
4. Every developer should try to be familiar with the Unix shell
5. Importance • The Shell is fast and flexible • Most Web Servers run on Linux • Vital tool for deployment and remote administration on Linux servers
6. Terminal Program A program used to interact with the shell. Bash Shell - The most popular UNIX shell Install Git Bash - Download Git here: https://git-scm.com/download/win
7. Basic Commands
8. Command Description Alias for echo Prints messages to the shell - ls Lists files and directories in the current working directory list cd Changes the current working directory change directory pwd Shows the current working directory present working directory mkdir Cretes a new directory make directory mv Moves files move cat Shows the content of a file Catenate less Shows less contents of a file - rm Removes a file or directory Remove rmdir Removes a direcory Remove Directory
9. Params and Options Params, Options and Flags allow you to turn on extra behaviour or special features. Command: ls -l Description: Longer more detailed listing of files
10. References Shell Workshop on Udacity - https://classroom.udacity.com/courses/ud206
11. Thanks Goke Obasa - @goke_