# Linux file system explained

### 1.  / (The root folder)
This is the top-level directory and it contains all the other directories.

### 3. bin/
it contains 
binaries or executables that are essential to the entire operating system.
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The code for commands such as gzip, curl, wget, ls,  etc that we use via shell is inside this directory.

### 4. sbin/
It contains system binaries that should only be executed by the root user like mount or deluser(delete user).


### 5.  lib/
The binaries inside the bin/ and the sbin/ folder share some common libraries that are stored inside the lib/ folder.


### 6. usr/ 
This contains the data related to the user like this has its own bin/ folder that contains the executables that are available only for the current user.

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The user/ folder also has a local/ folder that also has a bin/ folder to store the binaries that are compiled by the user. 


### 7.  etc/ 
This folder has text-based config files to edit the software settings of the software that are installed on the system.

### 8.  home/
This folder contains a folder on the name of each user that is registered on the system.

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The user can modify the files that are inside his folder and not any other folder.

> The folder home/<user_name> is also denoted by ```~```

### 9. boot/
This folder contains the files that are necessary for the system to boot.

### 10.  dev/
This folder represents the hardware. This folder contains the files that represent hardware.
 

### 11.  var/
This folder contains the variable files that will change as the operating system is in use.

### 12.  temp/
This folder is to store temp files. 

### 13. proc/ 
This folder does not exist on the disk and is created on the fly as the OS is booted up. This helps to keep track of the running processes.