Command basics

Command basics

Do not use the shell as 'root' for everyday tasks…

When you log in as user you are automatically placed inside your home directory /home/user

Look at your command prompt it tells you where you are. The following command demonstrates your profile, your desktop, your document folder, your mail folder and the temp directory.

[agustin@server2 agustin]$ ls
Desktop/ Documents/ mail/ temp/

Try the next command lists everything that is inside the folder Desktop.

[agustin@server2 agustin]$ ls Desktop

befdsr41w_eng_ds.pdf xvnc.html myfolder/

trash/ Home.desktop Mandrake Expert.desktop Removable media/

That command is also similar as: cd Desktop

[agustin@server2 agustin]$ cd Desktop

[agustin@server2 Desktop]$ls

befdsr41w_eng_ds.pdf xvnc.html myfolder/

trash/ Home.desktop Mandrake Expert.desktop Removable media/

The next command is: cd.. Takes you one step back.

[agustin@server2 Desktop]$cd..

[agustin@server2 agustin]$