Mac Terminal Commands for Beginners
Mac Terminal commands for beginners, in a video: how a command is built, your first safe commands, working with files, and three warning signs to check before pressing Return.
This video shows the Mac Terminal commands every beginner should know. It explains how a command is built, gets help with man and --help, and tries safe first commands: pwd, ls, ls -a for hidden files, cd and open .. Then it covers mkdir, cp, mv and rm, which deletes without using the Trash, and three warning signs to look for before pressing Return: sudo, rm, and curl piped to a shell. You can also watch it on YouTube.
For more on running commands and moving between folders, see Mac Terminal.