Linux Changing Directories

Question 1

True or False | regardless of your user name using ~ at the end of cd will always send you back to your own home directory

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or false | the following command will send you to sue home directory? cd ~sue

Answer 2

True |because the metacharacter ~ appends the user to the change

Question 3

What is a relative pathname in Linux?

Answer 3

A: It’s the pathname of a target file or directory relative to your current directory in the tree.

Question 4

Q: How do you specify a directory below your current directory using a relative pathname?

Answer 4

A: Refer to the directory by name without starting the pathname with a / character.

Question 5

Q: How do you refer to the parent directory (one step closer to the root) in a relative path?

Answer 5

A: Use two dots: ..

Question 7

Q: What does one dot (.) refer to in a relative pathname?

Answer 7

A: It refers to the current directory.