Kali Linux Terminal Tutorial for Beginners

Listing

2. 2. Listing

   Now try to List the Directory’s Contents
   To List the Directory you are in execute:

   ls .

   The ‘.’ is meaning This location.
   * And see ‘ls‘ as an Abbreviation for ‘List‘ or ‘Listing‘ *
   The Output on a New Terminal window should be very similar to this:

   Desktop/    Downloads/  Pictures/   tmp/
   Documents/  Music/      Templates/  Videos/
   

   Here the Entities with a Trailing Slash are Directories.
   Again execute to List the Downloads Folder on your Home:

   ls ~/Downloads

   Or also:

   ls $HOME/Downloads

   Next to List the Main System’s Root Directory:
   (The Root of What? Of the System’s Directory Tree.)

   ls /

   Furthermore, to List the usr Directory:

   ls /usr

   Finally, to List the Nested bin Directory into the usr one:

   ls /usr/bin

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