Today’s topic is
Understanding to Linux terminal
Terminal/shell prompt / Linux prompt is command line of linux
To open terminal in gui in suse press Ctrl + alt + f7
To go to first terminal Ctrl + alt + f1
To go to 2nd terminal Ctrl + alt + f2
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To go to 6th terminal Ctrl + alt + f6
Root is super user in linux or like windows admin.
/root is home directory of root user
“ # “ this sign Shows user is normal user
“ > “ this sign Shows user is normal user
“ ~ ” this sign represents user’s home directory
To delete Linux rm –rf /directory name in which linux is
To check computer name hostname
To go to home directory cd/home username
To go to home directory cd ~
To go to home directory cd
To clear screen clear
To clear screen press
ctrl + l
List out all contents of directory ls-l
- “ d “
at the start of list shows it is folder
- “ - “ at
the start of list shows it is file
To create hidden folder mkdir .filename
-Dot . is essential before folder’s
name to hide it
To show hidden folders ls –a –l
To delete folder & its contents rm –rf
To delete Linux rm –rf /directory name in which linux is
To delete multiple folders at once rm –rf fldr1 fldr2 fldr3
