Moving Around the Filesystem

Commands for moving around the filesystem include the following.

* pwd: The pwd command allows you to know the directory in which you’re located (pwd stands for “print working directory”). For example, pwd in the desktop directory will show ~/Desktop. Note that the GNOME terminal also displays this information in the title bar of its window.
* cd: The cd command allows you to change directories. When you open a terminal, you will be in your home directory. To move around the filesystem, use cd.

• To navigate to your desktop directory, use cd ~/Desktop
• To navigate into the root directory, use cd /

• To navigate to your home directory, use cd

• To navigate up one directory level, use cd ..

• To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use cd -

• To navigate through multiple levels of directories at once, use cd /var/www, for example, which will take you directly to the /www subdirectory of /var.