Directory Commands

1)  cd [directory] ---change directory

You can change to a new directory with the cd command. cd will accept both absolute and relative path names.

cd -----changes to user's home directory

cd / ---changes directory to the system's root

cd .. ---goes up one directory level

cd ../.. --goes up two directory levels

cd /full/path/name/from/root changes directory to absolute path named (note the leading slash)

cd path/from/current/location changes directory to path relative to current location (no leading

slash)

cd ~--------username/directory changes directory to the named username's indicated directory

2) mkdir [options] --directory make a directory

You extend your home hierarchy by making sub-directories underneath it. This is done with the mkdir command. Again, you specify either the full or relative path of the directory:

Syntax

mkdir [options] directory

3) rmdir [options] directory -------remove a directory

A directory needs to be empty before you can remove it. If it’s not, you need to remove the files first.Also, you can’t remove a directory if it is your present working directory; you must first change outof it.

Syntax

rmdir directory