[SOLVED] Havin problems using CD command in Terminal

NIlmandir · 11-02-2011, 01:54 PM

Okay, I just switched to Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop. I love it. The problem is that when I try and switch directories in terminal, this happens.

Example:

Code:

A205:~$ cd /home
A205:/home$
A205:/home$ cd /Downloads
bash: cd: /Downloads: No such file or directory
A205:/home$

Now, I know I have a directory called downloads, I just can't seem to get to it. What step am I missing?

Thanks in advance.

ptrivino · 11-02-2011, 02:03 PM

If the directory is "/home/Downloads", take the slash off, i .e.

cd Downloads

Paul

etech3 · 11-02-2011, 02:05 PM

Try

Code:

locate Downloads

Did you try

Code:

ls -a

Nylex · 11-02-2011, 02:06 PM

Also, if the directory "Downloads" is in your home directory (usually /home/user (or ~ for short), where user is your username), then you don't want to cd to /home first; just "cd Downloads" from your home directory. Edit: Also, file and directory names are case sensitive, so "Downloads" and "downloads" aren't the same.

John VV · 11-02-2011, 02:07 PM

also it should be
/home/(user name)/Downloads
or
~/Downloads
the "~" is your own personal HOME folder

NIlmandir · 11-02-2011, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by etech3

Try

Code:

locate Downloads

Did you try

Code:

ls -a

This actually helped. I switched to the home directory and when I used the ls command it showed that I was not in the right directory. I wasn't in my main directory yet. so I had to keep using cd to get there. I hope that explains it.

Code:

robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/$ ls -s
total 88
 4 bin    12 etc         16 lost+found   0 proc   4 selinux   4 usr
 4 boot    4 home         4 media        4 root   4 srv       4 var
 4 cdrom   0 initrd.img   4 mnt          0 run    0 sys       0 vmlinuz
 0 dev     4 lib          4 opt          4 sbin   4 tmp
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/$ cd /home
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/home$ ls -a
.  ..  robbybobby
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/home$ ls -s
total 4
4 robbybobby
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/home$ cd 4
bash: cd: 4: No such file or directory
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:/home$ cd robbybobby
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:~$ ls -s
total 40
4 Desktop              4 Documents  4 Music     4 Public     4 Ubuntu One
4 Desktop Backgrounds  4 Downloads  4 Pictures  4 Templates  4 Videos
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:~$ cd Downloads
robbybobby@robbybobby-Satellite-A205:~/Downloads$ ^C

Thanks for the help!

etech3 · 11-02-2011, 03:00 PM

Glad it worked out for ya

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