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$ ls
2014 2015 hardware.txt
$
. This is called a shell prompt. It appears when the terminal is ready to accept a command.ls
, the command line looks at the folder you are in, and then "lists" the files and folders inside it. The directories 2014, 2015, and the file hardware.txt are the contents of the current directory.ls
is an example of a command, a directive to the computer to perform a specific task.
When using the command line, we refer to folders as directories. Files and directories on your computer are organized into a filesystem.
Click Next to find out how the filesystem works.