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File system map

Coming from Windows? Linux has no C: or D:, but most things have an equivalent. Click a folder to see what it is, what it is called on Windows, and a safe command to look at it.

FOLDERS

On Windows:

TRY IT IN THE TERMINAL

Windows command, Linux command

TYPE A WINDOWS COMMAND

Three differences that surprise everyone. Paths use /, not \. Names are case-sensitive: Photo.jpg and photo.jpg are two different files. A file whose name starts with a dot is hidden: Ctrl+H shows it in the file manager, ls -a in the terminal.

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