Manual

4. A few commands and basic concepts

  • The “/” (slash) symbol serves as a separator character in paths.
  • The root directory of the tree structure is the “/” directory.
  • Commands previously entered on the shell can be recalled using the keyboard's up and down arrow buttons.

Basic commands

The pwd (print working directory) command displays the path of the current directory.

The ls (listing) command displays a list of files and sub-directories of the current working directory, or that of the directory path given as argument.

The cd (change directory) command changes the current working directory, allowing to move within the tree structure.

The date command displays or sets the system time and date.