Moving around (cd)
You need to use paths
when you move around the file system. Use the cd
(“change directory”) command to change your
current directory. Controlling
which directory you are in is critically important when using the
command line.
cd ../../chaz
This command moves from
/ada/data
to
/chaz.
Click on a directory to see the
cd command that
takes you there. Click on “go” to see how the path is being followed.
This example is using relative paths
to navigate the file system with cd. Notice how you can’t jump sideways
(to siblings) — to do that you must go via the
parent (..). For example, in
this file structure, to move from ada to chaz you must go via /.
You can “chain” multiple ..s together to travel up the tree.
You don’t need to use relative paths with cd: you can use
absolute paths instead. But for
small, local moves — which are very common — relative paths are often simpler.