Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] intro.1: Demonstrate special cases of the cd command
From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Date: 2024-03-17 15:07:29
On Sun, Mar 17, 2024 at 09:08:32PM +1300, Jeremy Baxter wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- man1/intro.1 | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)diff --git a/man1/intro.1 b/man1/intro.1 index f0a8d98e0..8102640ba 100644 --- a/man1/intro.1 +++ b/man1/intro.1@@ -213,6 +213,25 @@ Try using the and .I pwd commands in different ways. +.I cd . +changes the current directory to the path to the current directory; +this does nothing.
. and .. are not a special case of cd. They are a special case of the file system.
+.I cd .. +changes the current directory to the parent directory of the current +directory. +For instance, if our current directory is +.I /home/aeb +and we change the current directory to +.IR .. , +the current directory will now be +.IR /home . +.I cd / +changes the current directory to the root of the hierarchy. +.I cd \[ti] +changes the current directory to the user's home; if I am logged in as +.IR aeb , +this command will change my current directory to +.IR /home/aeb . .SS Directories The command .I mkdir -- 2.44.0
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