Terminal Basics: The Few Commands You Actually Need
The course doesn't teach the terminal from scratch, so this guide does. It shows you how to tell whether you already know enough, which commands matter, and what to do when one doesn't work.
Do you already have this?
Claude Code runs in a terminal, so you'll need to open one, type a command, and read what comes back. You won't need shell scripting, and you won't have to memorize anything.
To check, open a terminal, type the command below, and press enter.
pwd