The Terminal Treasure Hunt is an interactive, gamified learning experience designed to teach beginners how to use terminal commands. Through a series of clues and challenges, participants will navigate a file system, interact with files and directories, and solve puzzles to find and secure the treasure. This project is the culmination of a chapter on mastering the terminal and is intended to reinforce key skills in a fun and engaging way.
- Hands-On Practice: Apply essential terminal commands in a real-world scenario.
- Gamified Learning: Solve clues and overcome obstacles like goblins, pirates, and cannibals.
- Progressive Challenges: Each step builds on previously learned skills, ensuring a scaffolded learning experience.
- Beginner-Friendly: Designed for absolute beginners who are new to the terminal.
By completing this treasure hunt, learners will:
- Navigate the file system using commands like
pwd,ls, andcd. - View and read file contents with
cat,more, andless. - Create, move, copy, and delete files and directories using
mkdir,touch,mv,cp, andrm. - Search for files and text using
findandgrep. - Modify file permissions and ownership with
chmodandchown. - Combine commands using pipelines (
|) and redirection (>and>>).