Ask HN: Interactive tutorials for learning basics of terminal?

by sarupbanskota on 11/28/2023, 3:00:59 PM with 6 comments
I want to recommend an interactive resource to someone new to programming.

Something like https://try.ruby-lang.org/, but for the terminal.

Most of the top hits on Google either seem to also dive into unnecessary history, scripting/Git, or are not interactive.

Ideas?

  • by asicsp on 11/28/2023, 3:16:16 PM

    https://linuxsurvival.com/ has a simulated terminal for interactive lessons.

    https://linuxjourney.com/ has lessons with exercises/quiz (user has to follow along on their own machine).

    See my list of resources https://learnbyexample.github.io/curated_resources/linux_cli... for tutorials/books/videos/etc.

  • by plz-remove-card on 11/28/2023, 3:12:45 PM

    > Most of the top hits on Google either seem to also dive into unnecessary history

    You're asking about "the terminal" which has an unavoidable amount of history baked into it.

  • by indymike on 11/28/2023, 3:11:14 PM

    Since "terminal" often really means the shell that runs in the terminal, try searching for tutorials on bash or zsh.

    "bash tutorial" "bash basics" for most unix-ish operating systems

    for recent macs, "zsh tutorial" or "macos zsh tutorial" or "macos zsh basics"

    bash is the usual shell, zsh is now the default on MacOS. zsh fixes some rough edges in bash.

  • by h2odragon on 11/28/2023, 3:10:36 PM

    "for the terminal" ... expand please?

    would you like to make a text UI using ncurses?

    are you looking to use CLI programs more easily? Or just the particular CLI programs necessary to you workflow, like compiler and linker commands?

  • by hardkorebob on 11/28/2023, 3:28:47 PM

    I am also available to help if you want a person's voice and experience.