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๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ

To navigate and manage the Linux file system, you can use a variety of commands. Here are some of the most commonly used ones:

  1. ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ (๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
    โ–ช Displays the current working directory.

  2. ๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐‹๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ):
    โ–ช Lists the contents of a directory.
    โ–ช Common options: -๐ฅ (long format), -๐š (include hidden files),-๐ก (human-readable sizes).

  3. ๐œ๐ (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
    โ–ช Changes the current working directory.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐œ๐ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก].

  4. ๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ข๐ซ (๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
    โ–ช Creates a new directory.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐ฆ๐ค๐๐ข๐ซ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž].

  5. ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ซ (๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ):
    โ–ช Deletes an empty directory.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ซ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ_๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž].

  6. ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก:
    โ–ช Creates an empty file or updates the access/modification timestamp of an existing file.

  7. ๐œ๐ฉ (๐‚๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ):
    โ–ช Copies files or directories.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐œ๐ฉ [๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž] [๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง].

  8. ๐ฆ๐ฏ (๐Œ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž):
    โ–ช Moves or renames files or directories.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐ฆ๐ฏ [๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž] [๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง].

  9. ๐ซ๐ฆ (๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž):
    โ–ช Deletes files or directories.
    โ–ช Be cautious with this command, as itโ€™s irreversible.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐ซ๐ฆ [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ].

  10. ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐:
    โ–ช Searches for files and directories based on specified criteria.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ [๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ] -๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž].

  11. ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ:
    โ–ช Searches for text patterns within files.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ [๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž].

  12. ๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž):
    โ–ช Modifies file permissions.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐œ๐ก๐ฆ๐จ๐ [๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ].

  13. ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง (๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐Ž๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ):
    โ–ช Changes the owner of a file or directory.
    โ–ช Usage: ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ง [๐ง๐ž๐ฐ_๐จ๐ฐ๐ง๐ž๐ซ] [๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž/๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ].

  14. ๐๐Ÿ (๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž):
    โ–ช Displays disk space usage.

  15. ๐๐ฎ (๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐”๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž):
    โ–ช Shows the disk usage of files and directories.

  16. ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ:
    โ–ช Mounts a file system, such as a USB drive or network share, to a directory.

  17. ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ (๐”๐ง๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ):
    โ–ช Detaches a mounted file system from a directory.

These are just some of the fundamental commands for managing the Linux file system. Familiarizing yourself with these commands is essential for efficiently navigating and maintaining a Linux system.

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