Linux Managing the File System

Inspiration

   Wanted to go deeper into the commands list for navigating the file system in Linux.

What we learned

     ls - list the contents of the current working directory.
     cd - change directory
     cd .. - go back to the parent directory.
     cd ../.. - going to the parent of the current parent directory.
     mkdir - create a directory(folder)
     touch - creates a file.
      pwd - prints the current working directory.
      cat -  displays the content of the file.
      cat >> name_of_file - to add content to the file. To stop use Ctrl+C or Ctrl+D
      cat file_that_remains_unchanged   file_we_want_to_add_it_to - copying the content of one file 
       into the other file.
       mv file_name  new_location - moves the file to the new location.
       cp file_name new_file_name - copies and creates new file from original file.
       rm - removes the file specified.
       rm -i (interactive) - asks if you want to remove the file or not.
       rm -d - delete empty directory
       rm -r - deletes everything inside the directory and the directory itself.
       rmdir - removes empty directories.
       rm *.txt - anything that has a .txt can be deleted.
       rm star.* - all types of files named star will be deleted.
       rm *.* - deletes all the files but not the directories.
       find . -name - searches for the files with the same name specified in the current directory.
       find . - name "*.txt" - displays all the text files.
       find . -iname - find all the files and ignores case.
       find . -type d -name - find the directory specified.

What's next for Linux Managing the File System

   Will learn more about Linux.

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