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Command Line Essentials: Git Bash for Windows

Name: Command Line Essentials: Git Bash for Windows
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Overview

This is a stripped-down, no-fluff introduction to the Bash shell for Windows users, built around Git Bash. It skips academic theory in favor of getting you productive in under an hour, starting with installing Git for Windows and the Notepad++ editor, then working through the core commands you'll actually use day to day.

Who it's for

Windows users who have never touched a command line and want the minimum viable skill set to start using Bash confidently, without wading through a lengthy theoretical course.

Key takeaways

Installing Git Bash and a lightweight text editor on Windows
Core Bash commands, taught through screencasts of real usage
Combining commands to write and run a simple Bash script
A downloadable command reference plus quizzes to reinforce what you've learned

It's a practical, screencast-heavy format rather than slide-based lecturing, aimed squarely at getting comfortable with the terminal fast.

About this course

Command Line Essentials: Git Bash on Windows

This course is designed to cut academic theory to just the key concepts and focus on basics tasks in the Bash command line in order to be productive quickly. Students can expect to learn the minimum needed to start using the Bash shell in less than an hour.

Course Outline

Course Introduction and Overview provides an introduction to this course and the Bash shell environment.

Installation provides step-by-step instructions on how to setup Git for Windows and the Notepad++ text editor.

The real meat of the course is the Basic Commands section, where we step through many of the common Bash commands and uses. Towards the end, we start putting the commands together to build a simple Bash script, which we also execute.

Finally, I share some final thoughts in the Conclusion.

Course Features

Presentations provide audio/video training of conceptual ideas. Since few like slide-ware presentations, slide-presentations are kept to a minimum.

Screencasts provide a video of the instructor's computer system with any actions, commands, or screens displayed and narrated -- this is the majority of the course.

Following the Basic Commands section, there is a downloadable reference of all the commands used in this course.

The quizzes reinforce the key concepts by testing your newly learned knowledge throughout the course.