# Linux Directories

**Published by:** [Ram Ghimire](https://paragraph.com/@ram-ghimire/)
**Published on:** 2022-07-07
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which (binary) cd/ —> root /bin —> contains essential executables like cd, ls, mkdir, bash, etc /sbin —> system binaries only executed by root user eg mount, route, reboot, ping, etc /usr —> /bin —> non-essential installed binaries intended for end user /local —> /bin contains locally compiled binaries — echo $PATH /etc —> editable text configuration, text based config file that you can edit, ends in .conf /home —> contains different users ~ —> squiggly, normal file path when opening a terminal session /boot —> contains files to boot the system eg. linux kernel /dev —> (device files) interface with hardware or drivers as if they were regular files. /opt —> optional or addon files /var —> variable files like log and cache files /tmp —> temporary files that wont be persisted between reboot /proc —> does not exist in disk but is created in-memory on the fly by linux kernel to keep track of running processes

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