cli-tutor

A terminal app for learning Unix command-line tools by doing. Type real shell commands, get instant feedback.

Covers: grep, awk, sed, find, xargs, cut, sort, uniq, tr — ~66 exercises across beginner to advanced.

Install

Homebrew (macOS/Linux)

brew install ShadabGhazali/cli-tutor/cli-tutor

Cargo

cargo install cli-tutor

Or grab a pre-built binary from Releases.

Run from source

cargo run

Or build a release binary:

cargo build --release
./target/release/cli-tutor

Requires a terminal at least 80×24.

Keys

Browsing (Intro / Examples views)

Exercises

Progress is saved to ~/.local/share/cli-tutor/progress.json.

Stack

Rust + Ratatui + Crossterm. Single binary, no runtime dependencies.