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Basic Navigation: `cd`, `ls`, `pwd`

Learn to move around the file system, list directory contents, and identify your current location.

Navigating Your Linux System

The Linux file system is a tree rooted at /. This lesson covers the commands to move around it and see what’s inside each directory.

Where Am I? The `pwd` Command

Lost your place? pwd (print working directory) shows the full path of where you are right now — your “you are here” sign.

All lessons in this course

  1. Introduction to the Linux Shell
  2. Basic Navigation: `cd`, `ls`, `pwd`
  3. File & Directory Management: `mkdir`, `rm`, `cp`, `mv`
  4. Getting Help: man, --help, and tldr
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