Quick Answer: How Do I Open a Directory in Ubuntu Terminal?
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Navigate to the desired folder using the left pane in Nautilus. Right-click on the folder in the right pane and select Open in Terminal from the popup menu. A Terminal window opens with the prompt indicating you are in the folder you selected in Nautilus.

How do I open a directory in Linux terminal?

File & Directory Commands

  1. To navigate into the root directory, use “cd /”
  2. To navigate to your home directory, use “cd” or “cd ~”
  3. To navigate up one directory level, use “cd ..”
  4. To navigate to the previous directory (or back), use “cd -“

How do I open the current directory in terminal?

7 Answers

  1. To open a Folder from terminal type the following, nautilus /path/to/that/folder. or xdg-open /path/to/the/folder. i.e nautilus /home/karthick/Music xdg-open /home/karthick/Music.
  2. Simply typing nautilus will take you file browser, nautilus.
Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

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Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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