Introduction to the GNU/Linux and UNIX command line

Some of these documents are used in our training sessions. They are available under the Creative Commons BY-SA license (see details and other documents).

Here are the PDF versions:

Slides (French, German, Italian, Portuguese – Brazil)
Command memento (German, French, Italian)
Vi memento (French)
System administration basics, practical labs (French)

Here are the source versions in OpenDocument Format:

Slides (French, German, Italian, Portuguese – Brazil)
command memento (German, French, Italian)
vi memento (French)
system administration basics, practical labs (French)

Thanks to people who sent comments and corrections: Michael Kerrisk, Jim Donelson, Tyler Le, Laurent Thomas, Jeff Ghislain, Leif Thande, Frédéric Desmoulins, Przemysław Ciesielski

Author: Michael Opdenacker

Michael Opdenacker is the founder of Bootlin, and was its CEO until 2021. He is best known for all the free embedded Linux and kernel training materials that he created together with Thomas Petazzoni. He is always looking for ways to increase performance, reduce size and boot time, and to maximize Linux' world domination. More details... View all posts by Michael Opdenacker