EndeavourOS Linux Terminal Tutorial for Beginners

April 15, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Listing

  1. 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




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