Using cd

Cd stands for change directory. You will start these labs by changing to other directories on the file system.

To Use cd

1. Log in to the computer as root
2. Change from your current directory to the /etc directory.



3 . Note that your prompt has changed from “ [root@localhost root]# ” to :



4. Change to the “/usr/local/” directory



What has changed about your prompt?


5. Change back to root’s home directory



6. Change to the /usr/local/ directory again. Type



7. To change to the parent directory of the local directory type “cd ..”


What is the parent directory of the /usr/local/ directory?


8. To quickly change back to root’s home directory type “cd” without any argument.

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