Filesystem Navigation Commands in Unix

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Navigating your Unix filesystem is one of the basic skills. The following commands will help you with all your nagivation needs.

Essential navigation commands in Unix

  • pwd - confirm the current directory you're in
  • ls - list files and directories
  • cd - change directory

Additional commands

While not helping in your navigation, these commands will definitely help you learn more about where and what you're looking at in your filesystem tree:

  • file - confirm the type of a file
  • find - find files and directories
  • locate - quickly find files and directories using locatedb database
  • dirname - extract the directory name from a full path to a file
  • basename - strip directory and suffix from a full path to a file
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