cd – Change Directory (and Its Variations)
Everyone learns cd to change directories - but its lesser-known variations can save you a ton of back-and-forth typing.
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- cd
- With no argument, jumps straight to your home directory.
- cd ..
- Moves up one directory level, to the parent folder.
- cd ~
- Jumps straight to your home directory, no matter where you currently are.
- cd -
- Jumps back to the previous directory you were just in — a quick way to toggle between two folders.
- cd /
- Jumps straight to the filesystem root.