GNU/Linux Fedora Terminal Tutorial for Beginners

Listing

Especially relevant: the Main Bash Shell Commands are simple Abbreviations of the Corresponding English World.

2. 2. Listing

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

   ls .

   The “.” is optional and meaning the Location you are in.
   [See how the Command “ls” is just an Abbreviation for Listing!]
   The default Location each time you open a New Terminal Window is the Home Folder.
   So the Output of the Command should be very similar to this:

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

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

   ls ~/Downloads

   Or also:

   ls $HOME/Downloads

   Where “$HOME” is an Environment Variable always containing your User’s Home Path.
   Next to List the Main System’s Root Directory:
   (The Root of What? Of the System’s Directory Tree. The Trunk, all the other Directories are Branches.)

   ls /

   So possibly to List the “usr” Directory:
   [Again an Abbreviation for “User System Resources“]:

   ls /usr

   Finally, to List the “bin” Branch:
   [Again an Abbreviation for “Binaries” (The Executables)]

   ls /usr/bin