How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Command Line¶
Description
The command line evokes fear from many. But the command line can be your friend. Command line mastery can create a sense of authority with software documentation. With a little practice, you too can learn to stop worrying and love the command line.
In this talk, I'll provide a live demonstration of how you can:
- Navigate through directories, find files, and isolate code excerpts
- Connect securely to remote systems (ssh)
- Open files in a text editor
- Manage packages from binaries to installation
- Create and manage a git branch
- Combine commands in a script
At the end of this talk, you'll have a list of "essential" command line skills. You'll also know why these skills are important. With these skills, as software documentarians you'll be able to:
- Set up software that’s currently in development
- Contribute to most software repositories
- Learn how to configure software, from a deployer point of view
- Provide a checklist for newer documentarians (and the people who train them)
- Conference: Write the Docs PORTLAND
- Year: 2019
