How do we switch to another folder using terminal commands?

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In olden days of DOS, we had cd command to switch folders. The case does not seem same like DOS. Please help

Keep in mind that Linux is not DOS, many commands are different, however cd is also the command to change directories in Linux, it should work (see Rakeshs asnwer). — Wouter, Dec 21 '13 at 08:46

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '13 at 08:29

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If you have a dir named "apps", with templates, static as its contents.

cd apps

will enter you to apps folder.

cd apps/templates

will enter you to templates directory

cd ..

you will reach to the apps dir

cd

you will reach main directory

answered Dec 21 '13 at 08:29

Rakesh Godhala

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '13 at 09:14

you use the cd command , it stands for change directory.

the file system in linux is arranged in a tree beginning at the root or / directory.

One catch to lookout for is that using the cd command is relative to where you are now in the file system , unless you start the path after the cd command with a /

3 handy commands for traversing the filesystem

cd path or cd /path/path to change directory
pwd to display current directory you are in (present working directory)
ls to list the content of you current directory.

How do we switch to another folder using terminal commands?

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