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    "# Maneuvering directories (i.e. folders)\n",
    "\n",
    "To get some practice with the command line, we will use an example directory with some files in it. You can download a ZIP file containing the directory [here](https://s3.amazonaws.com/bebi103.caltech.edu/data/command_line_recitation.zip)."
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    "## pwd and ls\n",
    "\n",
    "Let's start out by using the `pwd` command to figure out what directory we're in.\n",
    "\n",
    "    pwd\n",
    "\n",
    "`pwd` tells you the **path** of your current directory.  A path for a directory or file is the list of all its parent directories, separated by slashes (`/`), up to the root directory signified by the initial `/`.  You are probably in your home directory.\n",
    "\n",
    "To list all files and folders in the current directory, we employ the `ls` command.\n",
    "\n",
    "    ls"
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    "## cd: change directory\n",
    "Let's make sure we are in the home directory:\n",
    "\n",
    "    cd\n",
    "\n",
    "Use `pwd` to check where you are now. Invoking the `cd` command without specifying a target directory defaults to the home directory. Another way to specify your home directory is by its shortcut, `~/`. In general, the tilde-slash means \"home directory.\" \n",
    "\n",
    "From here, let's navigate to the 'command_line_recitation' directory:\n",
    "\n",
    "    cd command_line_recitation\n",
    "    \n",
    "Note, that depending on where you saved this directory, you may have to do some additional navigation to get to it. For example, anything I download defaults to the `Downloads` directory, so I would navigate by\n",
    "\n",
    "    cd Downloads/command_line_recitation"
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    "## mkdir and rmdir\n",
    "\n",
    "To make a directory, the command is `mkdir`, hence the name ***m***a***k***e ***dir***ectory. followed by the name of the directory you want to create. For example, to make a directory called `rec0`:\n",
    "\n",
    "    mkdir rec0\n",
    "    \n",
    "You now have an empty directory called `rec0`. You can see it if you list the contents of the directory.\n",
    "\n",
    "    ls\n",
    "    \n",
    "We do not need (nor want) this directory, since this is just for practice, so let's delete it. To delete an *empty* directory, the command is `rmdir`.\n",
    "\n",
    "    rmdir rec0\n",
    "    "
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    "<br />\n",
    "\n",
    "*Copyright note: In addition to the copyright shown below, this recitation was developed based on materials from Axel Müller.*"
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