Linux › Section B · Basic commands and the directory hierarchy › Topic B.3
Navigating directories and wildcards
Every file on a Linux system sits somewhere in one tree of directories, and moving around that tree quickly is a core skill. This topic covers paths, the commands for changing and creating directories, and the wildcard patterns the shell uses to match many file names at once.
In this topic
- One tree from the root
- Absolute and relative paths
- cd, pwd and the home directory
- Worked example: moving around a tree
- Creating and removing directories
- Warning: rm -r
- Wildcards: the shell's globbing
- Expansion happens before the command runs
- Worked example: predicting expansions
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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