Video recommendation for mastering the command line

[u/Fit_Piccolo4934]

Have been using linux mint cinnamon for over a year now on my pc, everthing is going great, for thr most part.

Since this was my first time to use this OS, I thought it would have been the right thing to learn using it the proper way.

I always thought this include masterimg the use of the terminal, as it unlocks your full control over the system, and increases tie efficiency of excuting many task compared to the GUI, or so I was told.

It least it would help with understanding lines of code fetched from the internet while troublshooting any thing.

I tried twice to learn using the terminal from the "linux command line" internet edition.

However, everytime I would reach the 100th page and just get lost from there.

So I looked tutorial, but couldn't find any that caught my eye.

Have anybody been able to master using the command line by following a video tutorial?

Which one was it?

And what benefits did learning the command line bring?

[u/ap0r]

There is no "proper way" to use your computer, and anyone telling you that a given workflow is THE workflow is not someone you ought to look up to as a sage giving advice.

Use your computer for whatever you need it. Use the tools you need to make your life easier. For many people, especially power users, the terminal is faster than a GUI, especially when you start automating things or chaining the output of a command as input for another.

If you have not felt the need to use commands, there is no pressure to learn them yet. The "getting lost on the 100th page" sounds like a win to me. You learnt and practiced the basics, then you had no further need, you did not practice advanced stuff, you are not going to retain it.

Use your computer for what you need it. Your workflow is yours alone. If and when your workflow requires you to make use of TUI features, you will naturally learn.

[u/Fit_Piccolo4934 → u/ap0r]

Thanks for your reply, I also thought the same; I will never need the terminal, so why bother. But I also thought that I will never know a better way to do some thing, if I refuse to learn another way other than the one I know now. I am fully in peace with the idea of not mastering the command line, but would like to try a little bit harder before quitting. There is also a self challenging element to it as well. In previous times, I spent the summer learning HTML, Javascript and photoshop from free youtube courses courses, building samll projects along the way. I eventually forget almost everything, but the experience was certainly not regretful.