Cd
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splat# '''cd ..''' (unixlike) | splat# '''cd ..''' (unixlike) | ||
| − | [[cd]] by itself will send you to your home directory, as will '''cd ~'''. '''cd -''' will change your directory to the last directory you were in | + | [[cd]] by itself will send you to your home directory, as will '''cd ~'''. '''cd -''' will show you and then change your directory to the last directory you were in, as below: |
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| + | [dave]@deus /var/log % cd ~ | ||
| + | [dave]@deus ~ % cd /etc | ||
| + | [dave]@deus /etc % cd - | ||
| + | /home/dave | ||
| + | [dave]@deus ~ % | ||
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[[Category:Windows Equivalents]] | [[Category:Windows Equivalents]] | ||
Revision as of 00:34, 11 September 2004
Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, cd means just what it does under Windows - "change directory."
The notable differences being that under unixlike OSes a space is required between cd and the name of the directory to change to and a forward slash / is used instead of a backward slash \
C:\Windows> cd\stuff (windows) splat# cd /stuff (unixlike)
C:\Windows> cd.. (windows) splat# cd .. (unixlike)
cd by itself will send you to your home directory, as will cd ~. cd - will show you and then change your directory to the last directory you were in, as below:
[dave]@deus /var/log % cd ~ [dave]@deus ~ % cd /etc [dave]@deus /etc % cd - /home/dave [dave]@deus ~ %
