Linux · Module 01

Linux Basics – Files, Directories, and Permissions

Understand Linux and work safely with filesystems, access permissions, and archives.

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What you will learn

• Distinguish the kernel, operating system, and distribution
• Navigate and manage files in the Filesystem Hierarchy
• Search content and change ownership and permissions
• Create and extract archives with tar and gzip

Lessons

1. Linux, the kernel, and distributions

   Distinguish the Linux core from a complete operating system.

2. Linux Filesystem Hierarchy

   Read the Linux directory tree and choose the right path form.

3. View, create, and remove files and directories

   Perform basic file operations without deleting the wrong data.

4. Copy, move, find, grep, and sed

   Choose the right tool for filenames, content, and text transformation.

5. File permissions and ownership

   Read mode bits and grant only the access that is needed.

6. Archiving and compression

   Distinguish collecting files from reducing their data size.