LCoTD: The Filesystem (Part 3: Operating System Directories and File Protections)

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In today’s installment, I will cover Operating System directories, and file protections. The ls and cat commands will be used, and you will be introduced to chown, chmod, and chgrp.

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LCoTD: The Filesystem (Part 2: System Directories)

Yesterday I covered home directories and a few commands that relate to the filesystem (namely pwd, echo, and cd). Today I will cover those mysterious and cryptic system directories.

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LCoTD: The Filesystem

Today’s LCoTD isn’t so much a single command as an introduction to the filesystem. Today, I’ll cover the cd command, the HOME variable, and the PWD and echo commands.

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LCoTD: Shutdown

Today I’ll cover logging out of Linux and Shutting down Linux from the shell.

LCoTD: About Commands and Users

Since I’m using Linux more and more on a daily basis, I decided to start this series: Linux Command of the Day (LCoTD for short). The goal is to both help myself learn more about the Linux operating environment, and help others learn as well.
Today I’ll cover the basics of commands in the Linux [...]

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