Moving between Directories

When working with your terminal, you can move between directories using the cd command.

Examples

cd github-projects

Above code will move to the folder named github-projects

cd ..

The above code will move out of your current folder.

cd github-projects/iris/project-one/project-one-point-three

The above code will move to the folder named project-one-point-three

Creating a directory

You can create a directory with the mkdir command.

Examples

mkdir project-from-iris

The above code makes a directory named project-from-iris

mkdir projects/some-project

The above code makes a directory names some-project inside of a new directory named projects.

Removing a folder

The command for removing something is rm but you can change its way of working by adding flags. To remove just a folder, use the -rf flag.

Examples

rm -rf project-for-iris

The above command removes the folder called projects-for-iris.

Creating a file

You can create anything with touch. Just be sure to add the file name and its file extension.

Examples

touch text.txt
touch script.js
touch index.html

Deleting a file

You can delete the file with the rm command, you do not need to use the flag.

Example

rm text.txt

The above command removes the text file named text