Module 2: UNIX

Changing Directories in UNIX

Text-Based

To switch from a directory into one located within it: at the prompt, type the
command cd directoryname.

Example:
%cd public_html

Check the contents by using the ls -l, or the ls command.

To switch back to the directory directly above the one that you are in, just type cd .. (that's two dots). To return to your home directory type cd.

Graphics-Based

Click on folders to open them. To go back a directory:

SSH
Click the folder with the black UP arrow (in the toolbar)

Fugu
Click the circle with the blue UP arrow (top right)

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