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7 Linux terminal basics every beginner should learn first - and why


To get the most out of Linux, you should at least learn some CLI fundamentals.

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET The Linux terminal isn't nearly as hard as you think. What those people may not know is that modern Linux distributions don't require that they work with the command line. Simply put, the shell is a command-line interpreter that acts as an intermediary between the user and the Linux kernel.

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