How to start with the Command Line

The command line is a powerful tool and a necessary skill to learn when handling larger data sets. Many online resources will get you there. Listed are a notable few:

• Ubuntu: The Linux command line for beginners
• freecodecamp: Command Line For Beginners
• Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous
• edX: Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface

For downloading data as explained in How to handle a download link / dropbox, you can make do with the bare essentials of Navigating the File System on codecademy. On Linux and macOS systems, the application is called Terminal, on Windows you can choose between the applications Command Prompt and PowerShell.

Windows

Basic commands - cd and ls - are the same as on Linux, but most other commands are different.

For members of the VSC (Vlaamse Super Computer), please have a look at their training repository. The Intro to Linux will more than suffice for downloading data.