Change directory

It’s not recommended to use special meta-characters (like *, ?, $, &, brackets, etc.) in file names or directory names because they have special meaning to the Linux shell.

Go home

1. Type this command in a terminal window, replacing username with your user name:

   cd /home/username

   Or type this command in a terminal window:

   cd ~

   Or type this command in a terminal window:

   cd

2. Press the Enter key.

Change to a directory up one level

1. Type this command in a terminal window:

   cd ..

2. Press the Enter key.

Change to the previous directory

1. Type this command in a terminal window:

   cd -

2. Press the Enter key.

Change to a directory with spaces in its name

1. Type this command in a terminal window, replacing My\ Stuff with the name of your directory with backslashes before each space:

   cd My\ Stuff

   Or type this command in a terminal window, replacing My Stuff with the name of your directory:

   cd "My Stuff"

   Or type this command in a terminal window, replacing My with the first word of your directory name:

   cd My*

2. Press the Enter key.

Obligatory Happy Ending

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.