Linux basics · part 3 of 8 · The terminal: shell, prompt, command, option, argument
What are movie hackers really typing?
Movie-hacker rain clears to one plain ls. A little listener, the shell, runs it: the home folder's files pop out as cards, flip to their sizes and dates, and open into Photos, while a real terminal types each command and prints its output. Turn the knob to build the command and see the verb, option and argument named.
What you turn: Build the command
The reel
The full lesson · 7:01
The long version
The same idea, slower: more examples, and pauses to try each step yourself.