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Relative Path

Enter a path to the relevant le or directory by using the current directory as a

starting point. This implies to give the levels you have to move up or down in the

le system tree to reach the target directory of le, starting from the current di-

rectory.

Paths contain lenames, directories or both, separated by slashes. Absolute paths

always start with a slash. Relative paths do not have a slash at the beginning, but

can have one or two dots.

When entering commands, you can choose either way to specify a path, depending

on your preferences or the amount of typing, both will lead to the same result. To

change directories, use the cd command and specify the path to the directory.

NOTE: Handling Blanks in Filenames or Directory Names

If a lename or the name of a directory contains a space, either escape the space

using a back slash (\) in front of the blank or enclose the lename in single quotes.

Otherwise Bash interprets a lename like My Documents as the names of two les

or directories, My and Documents in this case.

When specifying paths, the following “shortcuts” can save you a lot of typing:

•

The tilde symbol (~) is a shortcut for home directories. For example, to list the

contents of your home directory, use ls ~. To list the contents of another user's

home directory, enter ls ~

username

(or course, this will only work if you have

permission to view the contents, see Section 6.3, “File Access Permissions”

(page 81)). For example, entering ls ~tux would list the contents of the home

directory of a user named tux. You can use the tilde symbol as shortcut for home

directories also if you are working in a network environment where your home

directory may not be called /home but can be mapped to any directory in the

le system.

From anywhere in the le system, you can reach your home directory by entering

cd ~ or by simply entering cd without any options.

•

When using relative paths, refer to the current directory with a dot (.). This is

mainly useful for commands such as cp or mv by which you can copy or move

les and directories.

•

The next higher level in the tree is represented by two dots (..). In order to

switch to the parent directory of your current directory, enter cd .., to go up

two levels from the current directory enter cd ../.. etc.

To apply your knowledge, nd some examples below. They address basic tasks you

may want to execute with les or folders using Bash.

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