Linux Terminal Basics 2 | Working with Files

This time around we look deeper into creating files, organizing files, finding files and removing files. Commands covered: touch mkdir cp mv rmdir fild locate grep mc (Midnight Commander) stat type Linux Filesystem Basics Terms: “Directory“ A special kind of file that contains links to other files. “File“ is a self-contained piece of information available to the operating system and any number of individual programs. Files are owned by the user who creates them. “Filesystem“ Can refer to the filsystem hierarchy (the way files are organized and managed) or it can refer to the type of format that is used to store files on a block device such as Ext4, XFS Fat32 and NTFS. “Folder“ Another name for a directory, especially when working in