The bash_aliases thing shoudl be the first thing told to beginners in linux, because it just gives a lot of sense to the CLI there are 5 commands to know ... The cd command This is used to navigate from a folder to another "cd" will go straight to your home folder "cd /" puts you at the root/first level of your hard drive "cd /home/user1" puts you in the user1 folder, the home folder in this example Once there (or anywhere else), if you type "cd .." you go back to the previous folder, "home" in the example above example ... The ls command This is used to list things Typing "ls" in any directory/folder will list its visible content Typing "ls -a" will list visible and invisible content (stuffs starting with a dot are "invisible") ... The rm command This is used to delete things Type "rm test.wav" will delete the test.wav file located in the folder you are in "rm *.wav" will delete all .wav files, more here https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-remove-files-and-directories-using-linux-command-line/ if you want to totally destroy everything you do a "rm -r /", this is going to delete all files and folders recursively starting at the root of your drive, which spells doom evidently so don't so it Anyway you need to do it as root for it to work... Now you know why nobody is given the root account FYI the * character is called a wildcard ... The cp command This is used to copy things "cp /path/to/myFile.wav /path/to/destinationFolder" That's how you copy a file to another forlder, you can do the same with a foler to another folder "cp /path/to/*.wav /path/to/destinationFolder" will copy all .wav files to the desired folder https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/copy-folder-linux-command-line/ more here ... The mkdir command https://www.computerhope.com/unix/umkdir.htm Well, it creates a folder, wherever you call it from, or call it to, as in "mkdir /home/user1/Documents/myNewFolder" to create myNewFolder in the Documents folder, or simply "mkdir myNewFolder" to create a "myNewFolder" where you are ... And then you have your best friend forever, and his name is midnight commander https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Midnight_Commander_4.7.0.9_on_Ubuntu_11.04.png because you can do all of the above with "click picture and push key" Just type "mc" to get at it, or "sudo mc" since you'll probably want to delete system files and other "permissioned" stuffs if you use it, it's easy to use and very helpful, especially for beginners ... The above is pretty much all you need to manage files on a system Youll have to get familiar with chmod and chown (permissions), and midnight commander is helpful to simplify things about it https://blog.onetwentyseven001.com/midnight-commander-console-based-file-manager-for-linux/index.html see "File Permissions" And then, finally, how to mount disks https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mount-drive-from-command-line-ubuntu-linux/ And use photorec https://www.tecmint.com/photorec-recover-deleted-lost-files-in-linux/ because one day you'll need it, oh yes you will... The author in the last link above uses a very basic console based text editor, called "vi" Well it's absolute horrible garbage for beginners, use "nano" instead (just type nano in your terminal), and read what's at the bottom of your screen https://www.tecmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Edit-Files-in-Nano.png The little triangle before the letter means "control key"... Yeah I know, it's fucked up