Unix - Directories

$cd ~
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$cd ~username
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$cd -
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Absolute/Relative Pathnames:

/etc/passwd
/users/sjones/chem/notes
/dev/rdsk/Os3

						

chem/notes
personal/res

						

$pwd
/user0/home/amrood

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Listing Directories:

$ls dirname

						

$ls /usr/local

X11       bin          gimp       jikes       sbin
ace       doc          include    lib         share
atalk     etc          info       man         ami

						
Creating Directories:

$mkdir dirname

						

$mkdir mydir
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$mkdir /tmp/test-dir
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$mkdir docs pub
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Creating Parent Directories:

$mkdir /tmp/amrood/test
mkdir: Failed to make directory "/tmp/amrood/test"; 
No such file or directory
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$mkdir -p /tmp/amrood/test
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Removing Directories:

$rmdir dirname
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$rmdir dirname1 dirname2 dirname3
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Changing Directories:

$cd dirname
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$cd /usr/local/bin
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$cd ../../home/amrood
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Renaming Directories:

$mv olddir newdir
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$mv mydir yourdir
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The directories . (dot) and .. (dot dot)

$ls -la
drwxrwxr-x    4    teacher   class   2048  Jul 16 17.56 .
drwxr-xr-x    60   root              1536  Jul 13 14:18 ..
----------    1    teacher   class   4210  May 1 08:27 .profile
-rwxr-xr-x    1    teacher   class   1948  May 12 13:42 memo
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