Linux default directory structure demonstration cd / ls -F Note: ls -F adds / to directories, * to executables, and @ to linked files cd /bin ls -F Note: familiar commands ls, nc, mkdir cd /dev ls Note: hda - hard disk. eth0 is not here--Ethernet devices are treated differently (link Ch 9a) cd /etc ls -F Note: hosts file with name-to-IP mapping ("cat hosts" to see it) passwd with user names and groups ("cat passwd" to see it) shadow file with hashed passwords ("sudo cat shadow" to see it) cd /home ls -l Note: Home directory for each user, owned by the user cd /lib ls -F Note: Libraries here, nothing particularly interesting cd /mnt ls -al Note: Nothing here un;ess a removable device is connected cd /proc ls -F Note: These files show information about running processes. "cat interrupts" "cat iomem" "cat ioports" shows the device resources, like Device Manager "cat meminfo" shows memory statistics "cat partitions" shows the hard disk partitions "cat version" shows the Linux version cd /var/log ls cat boot Note: This file is the boot log