Directory Commands

cd

cd change directory

cd 

With no argument, cd moves to the user’s home directory. If you are hopelessly lost, you can always type cd and start over.

cd ../projects/project1

mkdir

mkdir to create a directory. Works relative to current working directory.

mkdir new_project

or

mkdir new_project
mkdir ~/projects/new_project/src

rmdir

rmdir to remove an empty directory. Does not affect directories with content.

rmdir ~/projects/new_project/src

rm -rf

rm -rf to force the removal of a directory and all its contents, including subdirectories.

rm -rf ~/projects/project1/src

cp -r

Directories are copied with the cp -r command previously discussed.