I’ve just started my Linux journey earlier this year. As a goal to learn how to self-host applications and services that will allow me to take back some control of my data. Immich instead of Google Photos, for example.

I have a local server running Unraid and 22 docker containers now. And then a VPS (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) running two apps. I’ve learned a ton but one thing I can’t seem to wrap my brain around is navigation through the file structure using only terminal. My crutch has been to open a SFTP session in Cyberduck to the same device I’m SSH’d to and try to figure things out that way. I know enough to change directories, make directories, using Tree to show the file structure at different levels of depth. But I feel like I’m missing some efficient way to find my way to files and folders I need to get to. Or are y’all just memorizing it and know where everything is by now?

I come from a Windows background and even then I sometimes catch myself checking via explorer where a directory is instead of using CMD or PowerShell to find it.

I’d love to hear any tips or tricks!

  • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
    111·
    1 year ago
    cd a
cd b
cd c
popd
popd
// you're now in "a"

    cd a
cd b
cd c
cd -
cd -
// you're now in "c" and need to manually cd to "a"
    • z3bra@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      1 year ago

      You mean

      cd a
pushd b
pushed c
popd
popd

      Right ?

      Depending on your shell, pushd/popd might not be an option. For a similar functionality, I like to use a subshell which is portable across all shells:

      cd a
$SHELL
cd b
cd c
# do work here
^D
# you're back in "a"