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Meghasharmaa
2 min readDec 11, 2023

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To navigate and manage the Linux file system, you can use a variety of commands. Here are some of the most commonly used ones:

1. `๐ฉ๐ฐ๐` (๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
โ–ช Displays the current working directory.

2. `๐ฅ๐ฌ` (๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ):
โ–ช Lists the contents of a directory.
โ–ช Common options: `-๐ฅ` (long format), `-๐š` (include hidden files),`-๐ก` (human-readable sizes).

3. `๐œ๐` (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
โ–ช Changes the current working directory.
โ–ช Usage: `๐œ๐ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก]`.

4. `๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ข๐ซ` (๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
โ–ช Creates a new directory.
โ–ช Usage: `๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ข๐ซ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž]`.

5. `๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ซ` (๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
โ–ช Deletes an empty directory.
โ–ช Usage: `๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ซ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž]`.

`6. ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก`:
โ–ช Creates an empty file or updates the access/modification timestamp of an existing file.

7. `๐œ๐ฉ` (๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ):
โ–ช Copies files or directories.
โ–ช Usage: `๐œ๐ฉ [๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž] [๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง]`.

8. `๐ฆ๐ฏ` (๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž):
โ–ช Moves or renames files or directories.
โ–ช Usage: `๐ฆ๐ฏ [๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž] [๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง]`.

9. `๐ซ๐ฆ` (๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž):
โ–ช Deletes files or directories.
โ–ช Be cautious with this command, as itโ€™s irreversible.
โ–ช Usage: `๐ซ๐ฆ [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ]`.

10. `๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐`:
โ–ช Searches for files and directories based on specified criteria.
โ–ช Usage: `๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ] -๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž]`.

11. `๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ`:
โ–ช Searches for text patterns within files.
โ–ช Usage: `๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ [๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž]`.

12. `๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐` (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž):
โ–ช Modifies file permissions.
โ–ช Usage: `๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ [๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ]`.

13. `๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง` (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ):
โ–ช Changes the owner of a file or directory.
โ–ช Usage: `๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง [๐ง๐ž๐ฐ_๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ]`.

14. `๐๐Ÿ` (๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž):
โ–ช Displays disk space usage.

15. `๐๐ฎ` (๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐”๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž):
โ–ช Shows the disk usage of files and directories.

16. `๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ`:
โ–ช Mounts a file system, such as a USB drive or network share, to a directory.

17. `๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ` (๐”๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ):
โ–ช Detaches a mounted file system from a directory.

These are just some of the fundamental commands for managing the Linux file system. Familiarizing yourself with these commands is essential for efficiently navigating and maintaining a Linux system.

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Meghasharmaa
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DevOps Architect | AWS | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | Google Cloud | Python

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