Re: Terminal

2009/5/16 Ruben Varela <rovr138@xxxxxxxxx>:
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Johnny Rosenberg
<gurus.knugum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

2009/5/16 sg1 <thedoctor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
Hi

Trying to move from sg1 to desktop what is the exact command.
The below lines did not work.

Thanks

root@sg1-desktop:/home/sg1# cd ~/Desktop
bash: cd: /root/Desktop: No such file or directory
root@sg1-desktop:/home/sg1#

Seems like you are still root. You don't need to be, do you? So first
type ”exit” to go back to normal user. As long as you are root, ~
means ”/root”, even if you are at your home folder.

If you use your TAB key for autocompletion, you will make sure that
every folder and file you enter exists. You can double-hit the TAB to
see what options are available.

When not root, these commands will do what you want:

sg1@sg1-desktop:~$ cd Desktop
sg1@sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$

or

sg1@sg1-desktop:~$ cd ~/Desktop
sg1@sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$

or

sg1@sg1-desktop:~$ cd $HOME/Desktop
sg1@sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$

or

sg1@sg1-desktop:~$ cd /home/sg1/Desktop
sg1@sg1-desktop:~/Desktop$

Even though the last command is longer than the others, it doens't
require very much typing. It depends on how your folders and files are
organized, but this would probaby be enough:

cd /h[TAB]s[TAB]D[TAB][↵]

cd /h[TAB]s[TAB]De[TAB][↵]
If not it'll give you the options of Desktop and Documents
;)


As I said, it depends on how your folders are organized. I, for
instance, don't have a ~/Documents folder. Maybe most people do, and I
just removed mine, I don't know.

But [TAB][TAB] (make sure there's not too much time between each
[TAB]) gives you all the options you have for a certain string.

J.R.


If you really have to be root (why, why why?), you can't use ~ since
that's the root's home folder, not yours. You can't use $HOME either,
since that's also root's home folder. So you really need to input the
complete path: cd /home/sg1/Desktop

I've seen people saying that root doesn't have a desktop. On my
machine root DOES really have a desktop, but I don't know why. Maybe I
copied my own desktop there by mistake months ago when I was an even
more beginner than I am today… That doesn't explain, however, why my
wife also have /root/Desktop on her machine…

J.R.


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