Introduction
Details of the Introduction to Unix for Bioinformatics and Genomics Analysis (i2u4bga)
Commands dealing with directories
special directories / paths
| Command
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Meaning
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cd or cd ~
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change to $HOME directory
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cd - or cd -
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change to previous directory location
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ls -ld <dirname>
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list details of the named directory
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special directories / paths
| Symbol(s)
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Meaning
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. or ./
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current, present working directory (relative)
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.. or ../
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Parent directory (relative)
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../../
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Parent of the parent (relative)
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~
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Home directory, $HOME also works (absolute)
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/
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System root directory, not a place to stay in! (absolute)
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/path/to
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Common placeholder for absolute path to somewhere (absolute)
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