Linux is the operating system you will use to work with ROS.

Definitions:

• Directory: another name for a folder on a computer.

• .: Represents the current directory.

• ..: Represents the parent directory.

• ~: Represents your home directory.

• /: Represents the root directory.

Basic Commands Overview

Here is a comprehensive list of basic commands to navigate and interact with items within your environment on the server.

Getting Help on a Command

Command:

man command

Print Current Directory

Command: pwd

Stands for “print working directory”, and will print on the terminal your current (working) directory.

Changing Directories

Command: cd *directory*

Stands for “change directory”. Replace directory with the relative file path or the absolute file path of the directory you want to move into.

Remember:

• .: Represents the “current directory”.
• ..: Represents the “parent directory”.
• ~: Represents your “home directory”.
• /: Represents the “root directory”.

Listing Files