A Tour of UNIX File System:Managing Directories

• Unix (as well as any other OS) provides basic commands for the management of files and directories:

  • Print Working Directory % pwd
  • Changing the working directory % cd
  • Create a directory (i.e. a subtree) % mkdir
  • List the contents of a directory % ls
  • Remove an empty directory % rmdir

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