From b7bf31df997cc0597fa68f34cba392baa41ff1cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shaurya Shubham Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 18:45:38 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Make docs for the cd command ; partially solves #711 --- docs/commands/cd.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/commands/cd.md diff --git a/docs/commands/cd.md b/docs/commands/cd.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1d08beaf33 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/commands/cd.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +If you don't know about it alreaday, the `cd` command is very simple. It stands for 'change directory' and it does exactly that. It changes the current directory that you are in to the one specified. + +Example - + +``` +/home/username> cd Desktop +/home/username/Desktop> now your current directory has been changed +``` +Additionally, `..` takes you to the parent directory - + +``` +/home/username/Desktop/nested/folders> cd .. +/home/username/Desktop/nested>cd .. +/home/username/Desktop> cd ../Documents/school_related +/home/username/Documents/school_related> cd ../../.. +/home/> +``` + +And `/` takes you to the root of the filesystem, which is `/` on Linux and MacOS, and `C:\` on Windows. + + +If no directory is specified, it takes you to the home directory, which is `/home/your_username` on MacOS and Linux systems and `C:\Users\Your_username` on Windows.