A new terminal window should open, already in the current working directory of the file manager. You can start working from the terminal, without having to first navigate to the folder you need to ...

Those are some of the basics of using command line to manage your directories on Linux based distributions. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below.

How to Change Linux File / Directory Permissions Quickly We can use the chmod command to toggle the read, write and execute permissions on and off for the owner, group and others.

Jack Wallen is back with another Linux 101 tip. This time around he shows you how to list files and folders from the command line.