Directory Operations
cd
|
Change your current directory. |
pwd
|
Print the name of your current directory, i.e., “where you are now” in the filesystem. |
basename
|
Print the final part of a file path. |
dirname
|
Print a file path without its final part. |
mkdir
|
Create (make) a directory. |
rmdir
|
Delete (remove) an empty directory. |
rm
-r
|
Delete a nonempty directory and its contents. |
We discussed the directory structure of Linux in The Filesystem. Now we’ll cover commands that create, modify, delete, and manipulate directories within that structure.
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