Command Line

Session 02

Slides Chapter Exercises

This session

In this session, you will complete the following tasks:

1. Read the chapter “Command Line” of the Version Control
2. Complete the exercises for the recipes project.
3. Complete the quiz questions / exercises in the Command Line survey.

As always:

1. Try out the commands in the chapter and play around with them.
2. Check whether you have achieved the learning objectives.

recipes project

At the end of this session, you should have accomplished the following:

1. You used the command line to create a folder on your computer called recipes.
2. You used the command line to create a file called recipes.txt inside the recipes folder.

Please keep the recipes folder! We will continue to use it in the following sessions.

Learning objectives

💡 You can navigate directories using the command line
💡 You can use shortcuts like the tilde or dots to navigate your file system
💡 You can explain the difference between absolute and relative paths
💡 You can use arguments and flags to modify command-line commands
💡 You understand the concept of wild cards (*) and can use it for system navigation

Slides

How can I download the slides as PDF?

To print the slides to PDF, do the following:

1. Toggle into Print View using the E key (or using the Navigation Menu).
2. Open the in-browser print dialog (CTRL/CMD+P).
3. Change the Destination setting to Save as PDF.
4. Change the Layout to Landscape.
5. Change the Margins to None.
6. Enable the Background graphics option.
7. Click Save.

Note: This feature has been confirmed to work in Google Chrome, Chromium as well as in Firefox.

Here’s what the Chrome print dialog would look like with these settings enabled:

These instructions were copied from the Quarto documentation (MIT License) and slightly modified.