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Master the Linux Terminal
in 5 Days

Every server runs Linux. Learn the terminal, file system, permissions, process management, and shell scripting that every developer needs.

5 lessons
Self-paced
~60 min/day
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What you'll learn

Linux in 5 Days

Every server runs Linux. Learn the terminal, file system, permissions, process management, and shell scripting that every developer needs.

  • Navigate the file system with confidence
  • Read, write, and move files from the command line
  • Understand Unix permissions and ownership
  • Monitor and manage processes
  • Write shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks
5
practical lessons
96%
of servers run Linux
$0
cost to take this course
Bash
the universal shell
5-Day Curriculum

Every lesson ships working code.
No theory without practice.

01
The Terminal and File System
Learn navigation commands, understand the directory tree, create and delete files, and use tab completion and history.
lscdmkdirrmman pages
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02
Files: Reading, Writing, Searching
Read files with cat/less, edit with nano or vim basics, search with grep and find, and understand stdin/stdout/pipes.
catgrepfindpipes|
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03
Permissions and Users
Understand rwx permissions, change them with chmod, change ownership with chown, and understand sudo vs root.
chmodchownsudogroups
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04
Processes and System Monitoring
View running processes with ps and top, kill processes, manage services with systemctl, and check disk and memory.
pskillsystemctldfhtop
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05
Shell Scripting
Write bash scripts with variables, conditionals, loops, and functions. Automate backups, deployments, and repetitive tasks.
bashvariablesif/for/whilecron
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Bo Peng
Founder, Precision AI Academy

Kaggle Top 200 data scientist. Trained 400+ professionals across universities and federal agencies. Built production systems used by thousands. This course skips toy examples and gives you patterns that work in real projects.

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