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11 · The Command Line

Directory

A folder

CoreCoders

A folder. You move into one with cd, list its contents with ls, see where you are with pwd, and make one with mkdir.

Concrete example

“cd src” then “ls” — step into the src folder and list what's inside.

Nearby in The Command Line

Ctrl-C / Ctrl-DInterrupt, and end-of-inputcurl / wgetFetch from the internet by commandDotfilesYour shell's config (.zshrc)Environment VariableA named value the system holds
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