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Discussion on: Command Line Basics: How to find your way around your computer

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Waylon Walker

cd and ls are two of the most core command-line tools in our cli tool belt. They are so core to what we do yet we forget to introduce them to beginners. I can't count the number of times I've had someone tell me they don't have write permissions or the cli cant find the file it needs because the opened up cmd and never left the default C:/windows/system32 directory. 🤦‍♂️

Keep spreading the genius

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Anna J McDougall

Yes it is so important and yet often people done find the command line until further in, OR (like me) they start by always googling command line stuff and being super confused because it seems more complex than necessary. Honestly just getting this stuff down with half an hour of practice can save a lot of pain in future.