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Linux File System

Skill Level
Fundamentals
Duration 16 hours
Updated Oct 4, 2026

About this learning path

Learn how Linux organizes everything into one tree, where the system keeps what, and how ownership and permissions decide who can use each file, all in a live Ubuntu terminal.

Your instructors

Will RobertsonWorld Wide TechnologyTech Solutions Arch III, ATC

Prerequisites

  1. Basic IT Knowledge

What you'll learn

  1. Move anywhere in the Linux directory tree using absolute and relative paths, with Tab completion to type them faster.
  2. Find where a Linux system keeps its programs, settings, and logs, and tell a file stored on disk from one the kernel generates on the fly.
  3. Read and set a file's owner, group, and permissions, and explain who can delete a file and why.

Technologies

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Linux File System
  1. 1. Briefing
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  2. 2. Navigate the Tree
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  3. 3. Where Things Live
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  4. 4. Ownership and Permissions
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  5. 5. New Server
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  6. 6. Conclusion
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