| Commands | Description |
|---|---|
| pwd | Prints the working directory |
| ls | List directory files |
| touch | Create an empty file |
| cd | Change the directory |
| cd / | Change the directory to the root |
| --help | Added to the ed of any command, shwos the documentation and all of its arguments |
| --help | less | Starts at the top of the documentation and makes it easier for us to read |
| man | Shows the manual page of each command. Put man before the command. |
| man man | Shows the manual page for the man command |
| rm | Remove a file |
You have to interact with the system somehow, and the Shell in Linux is the most common way to do that.
The Shell is a special program that is you interface to the kernel. It lets you type commands in, and have them interpreted and executed by the kernel or the operating system.