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This page was last updated on October 12, 2009.

It’s not recommended to use special meta-characters (like *, ?, $, &, brackets, etc.) in file names or directory names because they have special meaning to the Linux shell.

Go home

• Type this command in a terminal window:

cd /home/username

• Or:

cd ~

• Or:

cd

Change to a directory up one level

• Type this command in a terminal window:

cd ..

Change to the previous directory

• Type this command in a terminal window:

cd -

Change to a directory with spaces in its name

• Type this command in a terminal window:

cd My\ Stuff

• Or:

cd "My Stuff"

• Or:

cd My*

• Or:

cd My

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.

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