How Do I Go Back a Directory in Ubuntu?
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How do I go back a directory in Terminal?

(two dots). The .. means “the parent directory” of your current directory, so you can use cd .. to go back (or up) one directory. cd ~ (the tilde). The ~ means the home directory, so this command will always change back to your home directory (the default directory in which the Terminal opens).

How do you go to a directory in Linux?

To change to a directory specified by a path name, type cd followed by a space and the path name (e.g., cd /usr/local/lib) and then press [Enter]. To confirm that you’ve switched to the directory you wanted, type pwd and press [Enter]. You’ll see the path name of the current directory.

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