# 2.0 File System Navigation

### Topics 
- File System Hierarchy
- Managing Files and Using the Command Line
- Symlinks

[![filesystemhierachy.png](../images/FileSystem_Hierachy.png)]

### Reading List
- Chapter 3: Essential File Management Tools (pp. 53-77)

### Commands
|Command|Action|
|:-|:-|
|cd|change directory|
|cd ..|go up one directory level|
|cd /|go to the root directory of the server|
|cd ~|return to your home directory (when you are `root` this is `/root`)|
|cp|Copy command|
|mv|Move command (this is also used for renaming files or directories)|
|rm|Remove command|
|ln|Link files|
|ln -s|Soft Link|
|touch|Touching an existing file updates the datetime stamp. Touching a file that doesn't exist will create an empty file|
|mkdir|Create a directory (this does not create parent directories)|
|mkdir -p|Creates the directory and all parent directories that do not exist yet|
|scp| Copy files from vm to vm remotely|