Working directory

• Current working directory (cwd)

  • directory from which all relative pathnames are interpreted

• Change working directory with the command: cd or chdir

• Print the current directory with the command: pwd

• Home directory: working directory when we log in

  • obtained from field 6 in /etc/passwd

• Can refer to home directory as ~maclean or $HOME

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