Difference between revisions of "Working with Filenames and Path and Globing"
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Revision as of 08:43, 22 March 2020
Motivation
Here you will get an rough overview of where to find things in the file system and how to navigate the file system.
File System Hierarchy
In Unix/Linux the Top of the file system is the root directory named /
. There are no drive letters as you know them from a certain other operating system. What you find below is a structure that exists since the early days of Unix. Here are the most important directories and what they are used for in Linux.
Orange | Apple |
Bread | Pie |
Butter | Ice cream |