CLI Basics (Part 2 of 2)

CLI Basics (Part 2 of 2)

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In this week's newsletter, I'll be presenting the second post in a short mini series on CLI fundamentals.

We'll be covering the final list of basic commands all engineers should know.

Creating Files with touch, echo, >, >>

These commands help you create and manage file content.

Managing Files with rm, cp, mv

Essential file management commands.

Searching Files with grep

Search for patterns in files.

File Contents with cat, less, head, tail

View file contents in different ways.

Combining Commands with | (pipe)

The pipe operator is powerful for combining multiple commands.

Published August 19, 2025