[SOLVED] How to navigate terminal

[mocatz187]

Hi.
I am using Ubuntu 9.10 and I am having trouble navigating all files in my system.
typing ~/ or ./ followed by the file name --- and the terminal only states that - there is a file nemed Documents or whatever I was looking for but it won't let me enter the folder.
Also when I created a directory, I could only navigate it when that terminal session was active. after I closed it and reopened it, my file had become innaccessable.
All files and contents are visible in gui.
Thanks.

[yancek]

Generally you would type

,/

before a file for a bash script if you are in the directory where the bash script is. If you have a period before a filename, that means it is a hidden file - was that a typo on your part? Also there is the question of case sensitivity, documents, Documents, documentS are three different files. Are you just having problems changing directories? What are the permissions on the files when you run the command: ls -l documents? or whatever file you have problems with. What message do you get when you are unable to access a file?

[mocatz187]

I fixed my problem by taking a beak from computing for the day.
I think it takes only two or three days using a GUI and I become stupid again!
One of my most embarressing threads .
Thanks.