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Changing Directories

You can change directories using the cd command. Here is a table of the cd command, the starting directory and the directory after the command for the user Bob:

Command Starting Directory Ending Directory
bash$ cd . /tmp /tmp
bash$ cd .. /tmp /
bash$ cd /home/bob /tmp /home/bob
bash$ cd /tmp /home/bob
bash$ cd ../home/bob /tmp /home/bob
bash$ cd ../../tmp /home/bob /tmp
bash$ cd /tmp /home/bob /tmp
bash$ cd bob/ /home /home/bob


There are an endless number of ways to type in where you want to go. The only real problem is figuring out where you want to go.



Joseph Colton 2002-09-24