# Basic linux commands

Hello Everyone, so Today is day 2 of learning DevOps #100daysDevops

some basic commands I have already shared in a previous blog in this blog we can see some more important commands needed while working with DevOps.

1. ls - List of files or directories available in pwd(present working directory)
    
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    ls -l It is used to see the files in list format with permissions and date and time of creation.
    
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    ls -a : it is used to check the hidden files from present working directory
    

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ls -i : it is used to list the files and directories with index numbers inodes

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ls -d \*/ : it is used to list only directories.(we can also specify a pattern)

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let’s see some Directory commands

pwd: To check which directory we are currently in.

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cd Dir\_Name: It is used to change the directory to the provided path

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cd..: It is used to change to the previous directory.

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mkdir directoryName: It is used to make a Directory for the same location.

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