Navigate the Directories — TechKnowSurge

About this interactive

A directory is what the command line calls a folder: the same thing, shown as text instead of a picture. The prompt tells you where you are. C:\Users\demo\Desktop> means you are in Desktop, inside demo, inside Users, on the C drive. The commands from the lesson: - cd (change directory) followed by a name moves you into that directory, inside the one you are in. - cd .. moves you back up one level, to the directory that holds the one you are in. cd ..\.. goes up two. - A path that starts with a backslash (Windows) or a slash (Linux) starts at the top of the drive, wherever you are now: cd \Users goes to C:\Users. - mkdir (make directory) creates a new directory. - pwd (present working directory) prints where you are on Linux. Windows puts a backslash (\) between directory names; Linux uses a forward slash (/). Linux is also case sensitive, so Desktop and desktop are different names there. Where an answer is a whole path, type it as the prompt would show it, without the >. Capital letters do not matter to the checker.

What you'll learn

Work out which directory cd, cd .. and a path starting at the root take you to, on the Windows command prompt and in a Linux terminal
Recall the commands that change directory, make a directory and print the working directory, and the separator each system puts between directory names

Aligned to

CompTIA Tech+

3.2 Compare and contrast components of an operating system.

CompTIA A+ Core 2

1.2 Given a scenario, use the appropriate Microsoft command-line tool.

1.11 Identify common features and tools of the Linux client/desktop OS.

Key terms

Directory: A named container in a file system that organizes files and subdirectories into a hierarchical structure, navigated via the command line.
Path: The full address of a file or directory location within a file system hierarchy, expressed as a sequence of directory names separated by slashes or backslashes.
Command Prompt: The Windows command-line interpreter that provides a text-based interface for executing commands, running scripts, and managing the operating system without a graphical interface. CMD is used for tasks such as file management, network diagnostics, and system configuration.
Folder: A graphical user interface representation of a directory, used to visually organize files and other folders within an operating system.

Topics

Directory Path Command Prompt Linux File Management Interactive Fill In

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