A wobbly guide to the command line · part 2
Who's in charge here?
Users, locks and keys. Write your own commands. Borrow the boss's power. Search files and join commands with pipes. Best after Jelly Shell: this guide uses everything from it.
Grab a letter. Squish it. Fling it.
The big picture · 1 of 2
The whole game
Follow one command, ls, all the way down to the disk and back up. Press Next. Drag to spin it, scroll to zoom, double-click to straighten up.
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Press Enter, then peek backstage
Someone types at the green screen. Then it flips around, and you see the crew inside putting the command together.
Front: the green screen
JELLY-TERM 3000
Backstage: the crew
THE SHELL
/bin
KING KERNEL
DISK
Ready? Press Enter on your keyboard (or click the yellow key) and watch what happens inside the computer.
Burn this into your brain
kid@jelly: ~
The file tree Tap a folder to type its
cd- The story
- Remember it
- Mission
Wrap up