My journal for Code Fellows
The command line, also known as the terminal, is a text based interface to the system. A user is able to input commands and will receive feedback through text. For a Windows user to open a terminal they can either use PowerShell or for remote access Putty.
pwd - print working directory
ls - list contents of current directory
cd - change directories
can be absolute (contains complete directory from root) or relative (points to directory from current position)
Everything is a file and a path is a means to get to a particular location which is the file. When naming files it is important to take into account case sensitivity and spaces.
man can be used to look at what certain Linux commands do and even allow us to do a search for key terms if we are unsure of the command name but know what action we want out of it.