Navigating through directories is a basic skill in the Linux terminal. The command 'cd' (change directory) lets you move ...

The Unix / Linux filesystem hierarchy can seem quite daunting to those new to the OS. It was the same for us when we got started. But this mysterious filesystem isn’t that mysterious after all; we ...

Did you know that you can manage all of your files and folders right from the command line, using applications like Gnome Terminal? Here are some of the basic commands that we use to manage ...

With a handful of commands and a trick or two, you can move around the Linux file system with ease and never get lost. One of the first things Linux users need to learn is how to move around the Linux ...

Just paste in .bashrc (Ed. note: .bash_profile for Snow Leopard) and type cdl directorytoswitchto in Terminal. Note that this should work with any *nix command line environment, including the Terminal ...

Credit: christin hume / Linux / Modified by IDG Comm. Midnight Commander – the “mc” command – provides an easy way to browse directories and to view, move, delete, compare, change and edit files.