Absolutely new to Linux-Question.
 

can some please explain this to me,if I'm already root & i "pwd" it shows "/root".But if i "cd" to "/" i end up "bash/#" when i was "bash~#".What is this? wasn't i already root?.what is the diff? sorry if this baby stuff to you thanks

There are a minimum of two definitions of "root":

1. The root of the filesystem (AKA "/")

2. The user named "root", who has full admin powers (and who has their home directory at /root)

"~" is shorthand for "my home directory"--thus when you cd to /root, you are in "~". Note that "cd" with no arguments will also take you home.

When you do "cd /", follow it with "ls -l". In the list of files and directories, you will see an entry called "root". "/" and "/root" are often referred to using the same words, but they are different places on the disk. "/" is the root directory as in tree roots. "/root" is the root user's home directory, which differs from normal users who live in /home.

Thank you,also what can you please tell me what is ///? as ///root/Desktop?

If I do "cd ///root", I still wind up in /root. I think the extra /s are just ignored. In what context are you seeing this construction?

Hi,
I would suggest that you look at 'Rute Tutorial & Exposition' to get some good understanding and background. The next few links in my sig will help you a lot.

extra slashes
 

Extra slashes are simply ignored. Both on a BASH shell and (most) web browsers.

http://www.linuxquestions.org///

will lead to the same page as

http://www.linuxquestions.org/

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