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Linux Basics

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Linux is a Unix-like, open source and community-developed operating system (OS) for computers, servers, mainframes, mobile devices and embedded devices. It is supported on almost every major computer platform, including x86, ARM and SPARC, making it one of the most widely supported operating systems.

Linux is an OS (operating system) which operates using command line

Given below is the Linux architecture

  1. Kernel: Kernel is the main core component if Linux, it controls the activity of other hardware components. It visualizes the common hardware resources and provide each process with necessary virtual resources.

  2. Shell: Shell can be determined as the interface to the kernel, which hides the internal execution of functions of kernel from the user.

Some of the basic command in Linux are :

  1. mkdir - make new folder or directory

  2. cd - change the folder or directory

  3. pwd - know previously used directory

  4. ls - check list of files in folder

  5. clear - clear the screen

  6. touch - create new text file

  7. mv - move text file to folder

  8. cp - copy text file to folder

  9. rm - remove the text file