Dr Chris Paton

About the talk

Claude Code is an agentic command-line tool that lets developers work with a large language model directly from the terminal. To use it well, it helps to be comfortable with the Linux command line itself, the shell, the filesystem, processes, pipes, and the small set of utilities that turn a terminal into a productive working environment.

This seminar is aimed at beginners who want to get started with Claude Code on Linux or macOS and need a working grounding in the command line first. I cover the shell prompt, navigating the filesystem, reading and editing files, redirecting input and output, chaining commands with pipes, managing processes, and the conventions that make a Unix-like environment predictable to work in.