Working with Files and Directories
Although various graphical interfaces are available for FreeBSD that provide Windows Explorer–like interfaces for managing files and directories, it is sometimes very useful to be able to manipulate files and directories from the command line. If you have never worked with a command line before, this might seem like a step backward in history to you. But actually, for many tasks, the command line can be much more powerful and quicker to work with than a graphical user interface—especially for doing things that involve manipulating a large number of similar files.
If you have worked with the command line in Windows, or with DOS, you will find that the FreeBSD command line is quite similar for most things, although ...
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