Linux › Section B · Basic commands and the directory hierarchy › Topic B.6
Special characters and command-line editing
A handful of punctuation marks have special meanings at the command line, and knowing their names and jobs lets you read commands, talk about them and spot mistakes. This topic also covers the shell's brace, tilde and variable expansions and the keystrokes that make editing a command line fast.
In this topic
- Why the punctuation matters
- Names and jobs of the common characters
- Quoting in brief
- Brace expansion
- Worked example: building a project tree
- Tilde expansion
- Variable expansion with braces
- Worked example: where does the name end?
- Editing the command line
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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