Command Line Basics • tim rodenbröker creative coding

Command Line Basics

Published by Tim on Thursday March 5, 2026

Last modified on June 9th, 2026 at 11:11

A fifteen minute walkthrough of the very basic commands for the command line. Here are the most important commands:

cdchange directory
mvmove file or directory
touchcreate an empty file
rm delete file or folder
cp copy file or folder

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