Gain insights into the command-line interface, delve into navigating file systems, creating scripts, and automating tasks to enhance productivity and control your computer efficiently.

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In this course, you will get the chance to explore the command-line interface (CLI), starting with basics like navigating file systems and working with directories and files. Then, you will use those building blocks to tackle more advanced features and tasks within the CLI. You will also learn to turn basic commands into executable scripts and easily automate common tasks. This course will empower you to put the interface to work, take complete control of your computer, and hack your way to productivity.

Harnessing the Power of the Command-Line Interface

# Serving directories
If we have a directory full of files and we want to serve them over the network, we don’t have to install and configure a web server if we already have Python installed. Python has a built-in web server module we can invoke directly from the command line. This is great for testing a single-page application locally or sharing some files with others quickly.

Let’s try it out. We create a new directory named `pythonsite` and switch to it:

```
$ mkdir pythonsite
$ cd pythonsite
```

Then, we create an HTML page named `index.html`:

```html
$ cat << 'EOF' > index.html
> <h2>My Website</h2>
> <p>This is served from Python!</p> 
> EOF
```
With the file in place, we can start the web server:

```
$ python3 -m http.server
```

Click on the “Run” button to practice the above commands.

Learn how Python can be used to serve directories over the network.

Introduction

Creating an Ubuntu Virtual Machine with VirtualBox

Navigating the Filesystem

Working with Files and Directories

Streams Of Text

The Shell and Environment

Running and Managing Programs

Networking Tools

Automation

Additional Programs

Conclusion

Serving up a Directory with Python

Serving directories