CD command returns 'no such file or directory'

[boscy_zog]

Agreed this should be simple - I have the directory 'Dowloads' on the desktop, but cd Downloads or cd / Downloads returns null. is there a directory called Desktop that I have to put in first?? I'm assuming that for any subdirectory the full path has to be entered??

Also, do you need to call any command inside that directory, if so how??

Thanx Richard

[oz]

The Downloads directory usually resides in /home/user_name/Downloads:

cd /home/user_name/Downloads

Edit: oops, my error... I was thinking of the Desktop folder when you said Downloads. In this case, try this:

cd /home/user_name/Desktop/Downloads

[boscy_zog]

This works OK as you said:

richard@magnetman:~$ cd /home/richard/Desktop/Downloads
richard@magnetman:~/Desktop/Downloads$ dir
opera-9.62.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386.tar.gz
richard@magnetman:~/Desktop/Downloads$


But this doesn't go to richard from home..

richard@magnetman:~$ cd /home
richard@magnetman:/home$ dir
richard
richard@magnetman:/home$ cd /richard
bash: cd: /richard: No such file or directory
richard@magnetman:/home$

Must be some rule i dont know about??

[oz]

Here's a good place to get some experience working with the Linux command line:

LinuxCommand.org: Learn the Linux command line. Write shell scripts.

[daark.child]

You are entering the wrong path. Instead of /richard, you should be entering richard. If you use /richard, you will be referring to a directory located just off / instead of a directory located in /home.

[jledhead]

this sounds like you would be better off learning how to use tab completion
LinuxClues.com | Directories and Tab Completion

[boscy_zog]

Thanks guys a lot of studying to do! bookmarked and ready to de - numtify..

[waterhead]

Instead of always typing in the complete path to your home directory, the tilde (~) can be used.

~/Desktop

The tilde will take you to the home of whatever user is logged in. If you want to go to a different directory, then the entire path is needed. If you are logged in as root, it will take you to the /root directory instead of the /home directory.

[boscy_zog]

Thanx Paul that looks handy!

[iwanabeguru]

Hi

add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free

and then in a terminal

apt-get update

now you can install opera from the debian repos

apt-get install opera

After a update you can install the newest version any time.