Beginners should not skip this.
Hello everyone. I hope you're doing well. LPTHW is the acronym of the book that I'm following for this series : Learn Python The Hard Way. Today, we'll look into supposedly the scary part of the computer for beginners. The part which looks scary and difficult to deal with, the part which looks fancy to non-programmers and looks like a really cool or advanced tech. But if you learn how to make friends with your black screen, it's like a dog - very friendly, loyal and helpful. The learning curve isn't quite difficult as many perceive it.
Meet your best friend:
Press: Ctrl + Alt + T in Linux to access it.
OR
Press WindowsKey+R, then type cmd
Note: sometimes you'll have to right click and Run as administrator(Why and how? - Go Google it)
OR
Press Windows key, type Powershell. Press Enter Key or Shift + Enter
Hello Best friend!
What's the name though?
Your friend has many names. In windows operating system, you'd call it Command Prompt as you see in the second picture above. There's a variant called PowerShellas you in the third picture above. Then, we have the powerful Terminal for Linux operating system. If you already use Linux or Mac, you're most likely aware of it already.
Getting to know your friend
Now that you know what your friend looks like and what you call it, it's time to know him better. Isn't that what you'd do when you make a new friend? Ask him what he does for living, where does he work, what's his interest etc etc.
So, do the same here but your friend is most likely not going to answer those questions for you. You'll have to Google them. Ask Google about your new friend, ask questions like : "What is a terminal?" or "What is a command prompt?" or "Why do we use command prompt?" or any such things you have in your mind right now. Just google it and skim through the first few links. You will find the answers.
Seek and Ye shall find --More like--> Google and Ye shall find
Seek and Ye shall find --More like--> Google and Ye shall findBY THE BOOK
Today, you'll have to make sure you know a thing or two about your best friend properly.
TASK #1 (for beginners only, PRIZE : $1)
: Read the Appendix A: Command Line Crash CourseType what each of the following command does in the comment below and the first correct response receives a 100% upvote from me, worth $1. :P
- cd
- mkdir
- ls
- rmdir
- cp
- mv
- less
- more
- cat
- rm
- touch
- pwd
- pushd
- popd
TASK #2 (open to all, PRIZE: 25SBD) - JUDGE AND SPONSOR 
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Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100.
But for multiples of three
print “Steem” instead of the number
and for the multiples of five
print “It”.
For numbers which are multiples of both three and five
print “SteemIt"
Please submit your solutions in the comment section below with the task number.
Judge's decision of the best solution is final. Decision will be announced after the payout of this post. In case two solutions are identical/same, the first one counts.
-isteemit.