For the love of all that is digital HOW!?...

harmsc12 · 01-02-2007, 05:22 PM

How do I open a folder with that blasted terminal thing!?

bitva · 01-02-2007, 05:26 PM

cd /folder/

cd /path/to/folder/

if you want to open a sub folder:

cd ./folder/

. means current directory

Wanna go back 2 folders?

cd ../../folder/

.. means go back (basically)

harmsc12 · 01-02-2007, 05:31 PM

Oh. Thanks. Googling didn't help because none of the results made any sense.

Dragoonmac · 01-02-2007, 06:43 PM

When in a folder
$ cd subfolder
also works fine for changing to a subfolder, tab completion is also supported with any method so
$ cd sub[TAB]
will put out
$ cd subfolder
assuming you havbe no other folders starting with sub

pixellany · 01-02-2007, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by harmsc12

How do I open a folder with that blasted terminal thing!?

That blasted terminal thing is the source of all power....

Head over to tldp.org and get a copy of "Bash Guide for Beginners" by Machtelt Garrels. Also handy is:
info coreutils (lists all the most common terminal commands)