In this lesson, we will be introducing you to a variety of Bash commands to handle specific needs such as:

• Documentation: the Linux shell can be a daunting place for a beginner. Thankfully it comes with a few utilities to help you out when you’re stuck or need a cheat sheet.
• File archiving and compression: you will no doubt come across compressed or archived files with .zip or .tar file extension. We will discuss the terminal commands used to compress, decompress, archive, and extract files.
• Networking: we will talk about all the basic network monitoring or accessing the Linux shell has to offer for downloading files from a destination to checking network connectivity.

Let’s get started!