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Getting Started with Linux - Lesson 4

Creating your 'routine' in Linux

What's in your user directory

When you create a new user, there is a directory created for that user in /home. To see what's in this new directory, you have to do the following.

Go to the /home directory. - typing: cd /home

you can make sure you're in the /home directory by typing 'pwd'. You'll see this: /home.

Now you need to type: cd bob.

MS-DOS users will be familiar with that one.

You can type: ls -a to see what's in the directory. We'll go into more detail with the ls command later. With the -a option, you'll see some files that begin with a '.' (period/dot). Those would normally be hidden from you if you didn't use the -a.

Now you can go to work as 'bob', 'hrothgar' or whoever you happen to be.

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