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### Opening the Terminal and Navigating Directories
Your terminal exists in the Applications directory. Open your Terminal app. You should see a prompt in the terminal window. it shoudl have the computer's name (ABC's Macbook), followed by the User name (ABC), and then a '$.' If you are in the root directory, the last character will be a '#.'
To see what directory you are working in, just type the command
To see what directory you are working in, use ```pwd``` which stands for "print working directory"
Directory is another word for folder.
```pwd```
If you want to list the directory's contents, use ```ls```
pwd stands for "Print Working Directory." Directory is another word for folder.
If you want to list the contents of your directory use the command:
```ls```
To switch to a new directory you use the command:
```cd```
which stands for change directory.
To change directories, use ```cd <directory_path>``` which stands for change directory and replace the angle brackets with the appropriate path name.
If you are currently in `Documents` and want to move into the directory/folder `hello_world` which is inside `Documents` use `cd hello_world`
Here is a list of common commands:
Command | Usage
------------ | -------------
pwd | Print Working Directory (Where Am I? )
ls | List contents of current directory
mkdir | Create a new directory
touch | Create a new file
cp| Copy a file
rm | Remove a file
rm -rf | Remove a directory
`pwd` | Print Working Directory (Where Am I? )
`ls` | List contents of current directory
`mkdir <directoryname>` | Create a new directory
`touch <filename>` | Create a new file
`cp <filetobecopied> <nameforcopiedfile>` | Copy a file
`rm <filename>` | Remove a file
`rm -rf <directoryname>` | Forcibly remove a directory
### Usage Examples