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Zero-to-AI Command Line Cheat Sheet

Keep this open during Zero-to-AI sessions. You are not expected to memorize these commands.

This cheat sheet supports the Command Line Foundations session.

Which terminal should I use?

  • Windows
    • Git Bash → Git commands, Unix-style navigation
    • PowerShell → Windows setup scripts (.ps1)
  • macOS
    • Terminal → Use this for all Zero-to-AI tasks

macOS Terminal behaves like Git Bash. You do not need PowerShell on Mac.

The three questions that fix most problems

Where am I?

pwd

What’s here?

Git Bash / macOS Terminal

ls

PowerShell

dir

How do I move?

cd folder-name

Go up one level:

cd ..

The recovery loop

If you feel lost, do this:

pwd
ls / dir
cd ..
pwd

Inspect first. Don’t guess.

Checking Git

git --version

If you see a version number, Git is installed.

File types you’ll see

File Run it in
.ps1 PowerShell (Windows only)
.sh Git Bash (Windows) or Terminal (macOS)

Keeping your repo up to date

Only do this if instructed:

git pull

If it fails, stop and ask for help.

If you can run pwd, ls/dir, and cd, you’re ready for Zero-to-AI.