A view of Linux Directory Structure.

Basic Navigation. As mentioned above, the Linux Directory structure refers to the folder of the hard drive where Linux was installed. Start by running the ls (list storage) command and press Enter. This command will show you a list of folders in your current working directory.

When you log in to Linux, you're placed in a special directory known as your home directory. Generally, each user has a distinct home directory, where the user creates personal files. This makes it simple for the user to find files previously created because they're kept separate from the files of other users.

A directory is a file the sole job of which is to store the file names and the related information. All the files, whether ordinary, special, or directory, are contained in directories. Unix uses a hierarchical structure for organizing files and directories. This structure is often referred to as a directory tree.

Linux stores data and programs in files. These are organized in directories. In a simple way, a directory is just a file that contains other files (or directories). The part of the hard disk where you are authorized to save data is called your home directory.

In two-level directory systems, we can create a separate directory for each user. There is one master directory that contains separate directories dedicated to each user. For each user, there is a different directory present at the second level, containing a group of user's files.