Module 2: File System Management
File system management is the daily bread of Linux administration. This module covers navigation, organisation, and file manipulation — starting with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) so you know where things live and why.
From there you’ll work through file operations: glob patterns, recursive operations, and find. Then permission management — numeric and symbolic notation, special permissions (setuid, sticky bit), and ownership — which underpins nearly everything else in Linux security.
Text processing gets its own coverage: grep for pattern matching, sed for basic manipulation, and awk for structured data. These come up constantly when working with logs and configuration files.
The module closes with archiving and compression — tar, gzip, bzip2, xz — which you’ll use for backups, migrations, and moving files around.
Interaction
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- Use the Q&A tab (speech bubbles icon) to submit your questions for the upcoming Q&A session.
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