So when you start doing cloud computing, you’ll probably be working with a Linux virtual machine. Your personal computer may be a Mac (which also uses bash by default) or a Windows computer, but the computers running websites, managing your email, running those ticket kiosk you see at the airport, etc. Why? Mostly because it is the default command line tool for Linux operating systems, and while you may not know it, most of the computers you interact with on a daily basis run Linux. In this course, we’ll focus on learning bash because it’s so ubiquitous in the data science space. In our next reading on Command Line Basics, we’ll learn that there are actually several programs available that allow users to interact with their operating system via text commands instead of using their mouse to click on icons (feel free to follow the link and read ahead if you’d like). The Command Line on Windows / Installing Bash ¶
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