Day 1 of My DevOps Journey: Linux File System Basics & Navigation

Summary of Key Concepts and Commands

Today, you learned the fundamentals of navigating the Linux filesystem and performing basic operations. Here's a concise summary of what you covered:

Navigating Directories

• cd: Change directory.
  • cd my_folder: Move into the "my_folder" directory.
  • cd ..: Move one level up to the parent directory.

Viewing Current Location

• pwd: Print working directory. Shows your current location in the filesystem.

Listing Directory Contents

• ls: List files and directories.
  • ls: Lists contents of the current directory.
  • ls -la: Lists all files, including hidden ones (files starting with a dot), along with their permissions and other details.

Creating Directories

• mkdir: Make directory.
  • mkdir my_folder: Creates a new directory named "my_folder".

Finding Files

• find:
  • find . -name "*.txt": Recursively find all .txt files starting from the current directory (.).
  • find ./documents/notes -type f: Find only files inside the notes directory.

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