Basic Terminal Navigation Commands

"cd"  command 

             used to change the current directory
         
       cd directoryName   or  cd fullpath/directoryName

 ex:
   [ravindu@localhost ~]$ cd Desktop
   [ravindu@localhost Desktop]$

   [ravindu@localhost Desktop]$ cd /home/ravindu/Documents
   [ravindu@localhost Documents]$

   to go back to the previous directory use cd ..

  ex:
     [ravindu@localhost Documents]$ cd ..
     [ravindu@localhost ~]$

 

"ls" command

   used to list files and directories of the current directory
   ex:

ls -a
   displays all the files in the current directory including hidden files
   ex:

ls -l
   displays long list of files in the current directory with  details

   ex:

to view all other available command line arguments for ls command type
ls --help


"pwd" command
       prints the current directory

 ex:
     [ravindu@localhost Documents]$ pwd
     /home/ravindu/Documents