πŸ› οΈ Day 1 & 2 of My DevOps Journey β€” A Terminal, A Girl & A Dream

SathyaSathya
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My learning unfolded like this with bash and my typos on the terminal..

🧭 File System Navigation

  • I learned to create, navigate, and organize folders using mkdir, cd, ls.

  • My directory structure now feels like a little home:

      ~/devops/
          └── projects/
              └── week1/
                  β”œβ”€β”€ notes.txt
                  └── backups/
                      └── log_backup.txt
    

πŸ“ File Operations

  • I created files using touch

  • Added content with nano and viewed it with cat, head, and tail.

  • Even moved files around using mv and organized them into backups.


πŸ•΅οΈ File Viewing & Searching

  • Used grep to search for specific text.

  • Practiced viewing file metadata using ls -l and ls -lh.

  • Discovered hidden files with ls -a and how to create .secret ones!


πŸ” Permissions & Ownership

  • Explored the output of ls -l to understand file permissions.

  • Saw my ownership info with whoami, id, and groups.


  • πŸ” Fun Tools Explored
  • du to check disk usage

  • free -m to monitor memory

  • chmod, find, and a few mistakes that turned into lessons


πŸ’­ Reflection

The days weren’t just about typing commands.
They are about showing up for myself.
About saying, β€œHey, I may not know it all yet, but I’m not afraid of the black screen anymore.”


πŸŽ–οΈ Day 1 & 2 Quiz? Done with my best ever companion, chatgpt .

βœ… Confidence? Gained.

Tomorrow is Day 3. More commands, more chaos, and more confindence.
See you at the terminal!

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