Cheat sheet: moving around in Linux

Bookmark this. These are the commands you’ll use every single day.

Command	What it does	Example
pwd	Print working directory: where am I?	pwd → /home/you
ls	List what’s in this folder	ls
ls -la	List everything, including hidden files, with details	ls -la
cd folder	Change into a folder	cd loopnotes
cd ..	Go up one folder	cd ..
cd ~ or cd	Go to your home folder	cd
cd -	Go back to the previous folder	cd -

Keyboard shortcuts

Keys	What they do
Tab	Complete a file or folder name
Tab Tab	Show all possible completions
↑ / ↓	Previous / next command from history
Ctrl+R	Search your command history
Ctrl+C	Stop the running command
Ctrl+L	Clear the screen

Try it

pwd
ls
cd /tmp
pwd
cd -