Navigating the File System

Two commands are useful to navigate the file system tree. They are pwd (print (the name of) working directory) and cd (change directory). See the examples below.

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ cd	change directory to your home directory
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ pwd	print the name of the current directory
/afs/cs.wisc.edu/u/b/b/bbadger
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ cd cs367	oops, cs367 is not a subdirectory of
cs367: No such file or directory	/afs/cs.wisc.edu/u/b/b/bbadger
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ cd private/cs367	this is what we want
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ ls	list the current directory's files & directories
Prog1.java Prog1.class
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ cd ..	`..' means ``the directory above the current one'' (the parent directory)
[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ pwd	Now we're back in the private directory,
	/afs/cs.wisc.edu/u/b/b/bbadger/private