Exploring the Filesystem

Exploring the Filesystem

Traversing up and down the filesystem tree can get tedious. The tree command is a good way to get a bird’s-eye view of the filesystem tree. Use tree -d to view just the directories and to suppress listing file names.

The following commands can help in exploring the filesystem:

Command	Usage
cd /	Changes your current directory to the root (/) directory (or path you supply)
ls	List the contents of the present working directory
ls –a	List all files including hidden files and directories (those whose name start with . )
tree	Displays a tree view of the filesystem