Hi,
I wish to have the terminal change the directory to the reaper one shown on the right. I tried a bunch of different versions of the cd command but
it didn't work out. If someone could show me what the proper command is, then I could reverse engineer and learn.
Thanks
Change directory command
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Change directory command
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Re: Change directory command
on terminal, type:
that assumes the
You need the initial
Alternately, and this is not really the normal functional way to approach this, you could issue the following 2 commands:
cd /rea [now press the TAB key for autocomplete, then ENTER]that assumes the
reaper_linux_x86_64 directory is located on the root of the file system, which it appears that way based on that file manager view.You need the initial
/ in that case. If that directory was located within the current user home directory tree, which is where the default location is already shown on terminal( yavor@yav-office:~$ -the ~ signifies the base user home directory position) then you would not need the initial /, because that would be a relative directory position, not an absolute position, as noted by using the initial /.~ translates to the default user home directory position, and the absolute path of that would be /home/yavor/.Alternately, and this is not really the normal functional way to approach this, you could issue the following 2 commands:
cd /(now you are at the base of the entire file system)cd rea[press TAB here for autocomplete](you will note the absence of the leading slash on that path)-
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Re: Change directory command
The image shows that the user is trying to expand a
You must first extract the archive from the
tar file. In all likelihood, this tar file was downloaded into their ~/Downloads directory.You must first extract the archive from the
tar file, and then you will be able to cd into the directory as you expect.Re: Change directory command
LOL!
I don't know how I completely saw a file browser sitting at that directory on the base of the system. And I questioned the naming of that folder more than once, pretty specific, but still I never saw it. Even with the obvious "Extract" button.
cd Dow[press the TAB key]reap[use TAB again]the terminal will show:
yavor@yav-office:~Downloads/reaper_linux_x86_64$ls to list the files in that location.