{"id":286495,"date":"2026-07-06T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/7-tricks-to-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:20:08","slug":"7-tricks-to-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/7-tricks-to-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/\">7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/\">https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-06 17:26:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.howtogeek.com\">www.howtogeek.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Linux command line can seem impenetrable, with arcane instructions and a focus on text interfaces. Fortunately, there are plenty of resources and tools to help you get started.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"customize-your-terminal-to-fit-your-needs\">\n                        Customize your terminal to fit your needs<br \/>\n               <\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"make-the-terminal-feel-like-home\">\n            Make the terminal feel like home<br \/>\n    <\/h3>\n<p>The first thing you should do is make your learning environment as comfortable as possible. You don&#8217;t want to spend too much time tweaking every last setting, but getting the basics right can make everything that follows a little bit smoother.<\/p>\n<p>The settings will vary depending on your distro, but things to look out for include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n                                        Light\/dark mode: pick whichever you&#8217;re most comfortable reading text in.\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Font: you&#8217;ll want to use something monospaced with clear differences between similar characters e.g. &#8220;0&#8221; (zero) and &#8220;O&#8221; (uppercase &#8220;oh&#8221;).\n                        <\/li>\n<li>\n                                        Whether to open new terminals in tabs or windows.\n                        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also want to know how to use keyboard shortcuts since 99% of your work on the command line will involve typing. Don&#8217;t be afraid to open several terminal windows (or tabs) to run commands simultaneously and organize your tasks.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 tricks to make learning the Linux command line easier https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/these-tricks-make-learning-the-linux-command-line-easier\/ Publish Date: 2026-07-06 17:26:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static0.howtogeekimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/case-bash.jpg?w=1600&h=900&fit=crop","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[71,79],"class_list":["post-286495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-linux","tag-linux","tag-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286495"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286495"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286497,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286495\/revisions\/286497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}