terminal Terminal Navigation Basic Navigation Commands
Example
Change Directory
Navigate to a directory
cd [directory]
Example: Changing to the projects directory
username$ cd projects
Navigate to the root directory (regardless of working directory)
cd /
Navigate to the parent directory (the directory containing the working directory)
cd ..
Navigate to the home directory
cd ~
Print Working Directory
Prints the path of the directory that you are working in
pwd
Example: Printing the working directory while in the projects folder
username$ pwd
/Users/username/projects
List
List the files that are in the current working directory
ls
Example: Listing the files in the projects directory
username$ ls
PythonProject
JavaProject
screenshot.png
index.html
paper.pdf
Files are listed with their file extension, directories are listed with no extension.
Use ls -l to get more information about files (size, timestamp, owner)
