Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel. This blog post includes the concept of paths in a Linux environment that one can use while writing the Bash script.
Path on Linux
A path is a unique location of a path or directory on Linux.
Linux has mainly two types of paths, the absolute path, and the relative path.
- Absolute path: It is the full path of a file or a directory from the root directory(/).
- Relative Path: It is the path relative to the present working directory.
Present Working Directory(PWD) on Linux
Use the below command to find the present working directory.
~$ pwd
/home/nitendragautam
Files and Directory manipulations
Create a directory on Linux
mkdir <Directory Name>**
Create a directory recursively
mkdir -p <Directory1/Directory 2/Directory 3>
-p means progressively creating
mkdir -p /home/hduser/dir1 :Create multiple directory
Deletes file in the current path
rm <file name>
:~$rm file1.txt
Forcefully removes everything (Files and directory) in the path
rm -rf <Directory_Path>
:~$rm -rf /home/hduser/dir1/dir2