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title: Linux Fundamentals
author: Brad Kuhnle
description: basic linux commands
published: 2025-02-20
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# Linux Fundamentals
## basic commands
1.  ### ls

    - ls will show you a list of all directorys from where you are

2.  ### cd directory

    - this command will change your directory 

3.  ### mkdir directory-name

    - this will create a new directory in the corrent directory

4.  ### touch file-name

    - this will create a new file inside the directory you are in. 
    - you can specify a diferent directory by puting the file name followed by dir and a slash(dir-name/file-name)