In this video, I'll walk you through 50 essential Linux commands every roboticist should know. This comprehensive guide is perfect for beginners and ensures you'll have a strong foundation for robotics development in Linux.
What You'll Learn:
0:00 Introduction
0:40 Identifying the current user with whoami
1:17 Changing directories with cd
3:56 Creating directories with mkdir
5:27 Removing directories with rm -rf
6:10 Creating empty files with touch
7:55 Editing text files using nano and gedit
10:42 Listing directory contents with ls
11:35 Creating a bash script
16:00 Changing file permissions with chmod
18:19 Exploring the .bashrc file
19:47 Creating command aliases with alias
23:08 Setting environment variables using export
25:16 Clearing the terminal screen with clear
26:59 Printing the current directory with pwd
27:35 Removing files with rm
29:32 Opening files or directories with open
30:20 Moving files or directories with mv
32:55 Copying files or directories with cp
35:45 Previewing the beginning of files with head
37:49 Viewing the end of files with tail
38:53 Displaying the current date and time with date
41:00 Redirecting standard output
42:55 Concatenating and displaying files with cat
43:36 Viewing text files with less
44:26 Displaying text with echo
45:17 Counting words, lines, and characters with wc
45:50 Connecting commands with piping
46:53 Sorting lines of text with sort
47:53 Performing shell expansions
49:24 Comparing files line by line with diff
51:54 Searching for files with find
53:41 Searching text with grep
56:35 Estimating file space usage with du
57:33 Displaying filesystem space usage with df
58:39 Viewing command history with history
59:12 Displaying process status with ps
1:00:00 Displaying system resource usage with top
1:01:12 Terminating processes with kill and killall
1:03:00 Displaying background processes with jobs
1:03:29 Managing background processes with bg and fg
1:05:11 Compressing files with gzip
1:06:21 Decompressing files with gunzip
1:07:21 Archiving and extracting files with tar
1:09:50 Building and executing commands with xargs
1:12:33 Creating symbolic links with ln
1:14:21 Replacing words with sed
1:17:00 Executing commands with sudo
1:17:35 Changing user password with passwd
1:18:15 Modifying file ownership with chown
By the end of this tutorial, you'll feel confident using these Linux commands to streamline your workflows and improve productivity in your robotics projects.
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Complete Guide to Linux Commands: https://automaticaddison.com/top-50-linux-terminal-commands-every-roboticist-should-know/
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