Chapter 3. Manage Files from the Command Line Summary

 

Summary

• Files on a Linux system are organized into a single inverted tree of directories, a file-system hierarchy.

• Absolute paths start with a forward slash character (/) and specify the location of a file in the file-system hierarchy.

• Relative paths do not start with a forward slash character.

• Relative paths specify a file location in relation to the current working directory.

• You can use commands in combination with the dot (.), double dot (..), and tilde (~) special characters to refer to a file location in the file system.

• The mkdir, rmdir, cp, mv, and rm commands are key commands to manage files in Linux.

• Hard links and soft links are different ways for multiple file names to point to the same data.

• The Bash shell provides pattern matching, expansion, and substitution features to help you to run commands efficiently.