Working with Directories

Here are some commands for working with directories which you should try out on your terminal as you read about them:  

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DIRECTORY COMMANDS

mkdir dirname

Create new directory dirname.

rmdir dirname

Remove empty directory dirname.

cd dirname

Change to directory dirname.

cd

Change to home directory.

cd ..

Change directory to one level above

cd .

Change to current directory (this does nothing).

ls dirname

List files and directories in dirname, default: ..

ls -CF

List distinguishing directories, programs, and files.

ls -l dirname (ll)

Long list of files in dirname.

pwd

Print working directory's name, i.e., where I am.