bash$ ls -al total 48 drwx------ 4 bob bob 4096 Feb 26 10:33 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 26 10:33 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 24 Feb 26 10:33 .bash_logout -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 224 Feb 26 10:33 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 124 Feb 26 10:33 .bashrc -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 5450 Feb 26 10:33 .canna drwxr-xr-x 2 bob bob 4096 Feb 26 10:33 Desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 747 Feb 26 10:33 .emacs drwxr-xr-x 3 bob bob 4096 Feb 26 10:33 .kde -rw-r--r-- 1 bob bob 3728 Feb 26 10:33 .screenrc -r--r--r-- 1 bob bob 1019 Feb 26 10:33 .wl
This should list all of the files in the current directory. If you look at the output you will see a list of letters and dashes, a number, two names, a number, a date then a file name for each file. Each entry that starts with a d is a directory. You can change into any of those directories as long as you have permissions.