cd returns New line.?
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I want to go to $ prompt? But how without having to [Enter] twice ?
cd .. works just fine and so doescd /
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I want to go to $ prompt? But how without having to [Enter] twice ?
cd .. works just fine and so doescd /
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up vote
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I want to go to $ prompt? But how without having to [Enter] twice ?
cd .. works just fine and so doescd /
command-line bash
edited Apr 22 at 7:36
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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asked Apr 22 at 6:39
Puneet Bapna
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I want to go to $ prompt? But how without having to [Enter] twice ?
cd .. works just fine and so doescd /
command-line bash
edited Apr 22 at 7:36
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
64.9k9129282
asked Apr 22 at 6:39
Puneet Bapna
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edited Apr 22 at 7:36
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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edited Apr 22 at 7:36
Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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edited Apr 22 at 7:36
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Puneet Bapna
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This is because the character is considered an "escape" in the Bash shell.
Take the following command:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
We can instead rewrite this command like this:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package
yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages
and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
Bash will interpret the to mean "read the next line as part of this one." In your case, you type cd , so Bash expects you to give it another line.
If you want to go quickly back to your homedir (that is, ~), you can either use cd ~ or just plain cd.
answered Apr 22 at 6:42
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With cd you have entered a cd command and the tells the shell that you want to continue your command on a new line. So it gives you a new line.
With cd alone (without ) you would go to your home directory, cd .. brings you to the parent directory of the current one, and cd / to the base directory '/'.
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
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` doesn't specifically imply newline. The` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or^Mcharacter. With` that modifies into newline. Similar example,echo "$HOME"` vsecho $HOME, where` modifies meaning of$` from signifying a variable to literal$
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
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This is because the character is considered an "escape" in the Bash shell.
Take the following command:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
We can instead rewrite this command like this:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package
yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages
and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
Bash will interpret the to mean "read the next line as part of this one." In your case, you type cd , so Bash expects you to give it another line.
If you want to go quickly back to your homedir (that is, ~), you can either use cd ~ or just plain cd.
answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
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This is because the character is considered an "escape" in the Bash shell.
Take the following command:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
We can instead rewrite this command like this:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package
yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages
and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
Bash will interpret the to mean "read the next line as part of this one." In your case, you type cd , so Bash expects you to give it another line.
If you want to go quickly back to your homedir (that is, ~), you can either use cd ~ or just plain cd.
answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
25.5k1370131
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up vote
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up vote
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This is because the character is considered an "escape" in the Bash shell.
Take the following command:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
We can instead rewrite this command like this:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package
yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages
and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
Bash will interpret the to mean "read the next line as part of this one." In your case, you type cd , so Bash expects you to give it another line.
If you want to go quickly back to your homedir (that is, ~), you can either use cd ~ or just plain cd.
answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
25.5k1370131
This is because the character is considered an "escape" in the Bash shell.
Take the following command:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
We can instead rewrite this command like this:
sudo apt-get install some-package some-other-package
yet-another-package oh-my-we-have-a-lot-of-packages
and-still-another-package wow-so-many-packages
Bash will interpret the to mean "read the next line as part of this one." In your case, you type cd , so Bash expects you to give it another line.
If you want to go quickly back to your homedir (that is, ~), you can either use cd ~ or just plain cd.
answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
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answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
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answered Apr 22 at 6:42
Kaz Wolfe
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answered Apr 22 at 6:42
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With cd you have entered a cd command and the tells the shell that you want to continue your command on a new line. So it gives you a new line.
With cd alone (without ) you would go to your home directory, cd .. brings you to the parent directory of the current one, and cd / to the base directory '/'.
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or^Mcharacter. With` that modifies into newline. Similar example,echo "$HOME"` vsecho $HOME, where` modifies meaning of$` from signifying a variable to literal$
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
With cd you have entered a cd command and the tells the shell that you want to continue your command on a new line. So it gives you a new line.
With cd alone (without ) you would go to your home directory, cd .. brings you to the parent directory of the current one, and cd / to the base directory '/'.
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or^Mcharacter. With` that modifies into newline. Similar example,echo "$HOME"` vsecho $HOME, where` modifies meaning of$` from signifying a variable to literal$
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
With cd you have entered a cd command and the tells the shell that you want to continue your command on a new line. So it gives you a new line.
With cd alone (without ) you would go to your home directory, cd .. brings you to the parent directory of the current one, and cd / to the base directory '/'.
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
With cd you have entered a cd command and the tells the shell that you want to continue your command on a new line. So it gives you a new line.
With cd alone (without ) you would go to your home directory, cd .. brings you to the parent directory of the current one, and cd / to the base directory '/'.
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
answered Apr 22 at 6:45
muclux
2,1231521
2,1231521
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or^Mcharacter. With` that modifies into newline. Similar example,echo "$HOME"` vsecho $HOME, where` modifies meaning of$` from signifying a variable to literal$
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
add a comment |Â
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or^Mcharacter. With` that modifies into newline. Similar example,echo "$HOME"` vsecho $HOME, where` modifies meaning of$` from signifying a variable to literal$
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The ` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or ^M character. With ` that modifies into newline. Similar example, echo "$HOME"` vs echo $HOME, where ` modifies meaning of $` from signifying a variable to literal $– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
` doesn't specifically imply newline. The ` serves as an escape character, which modifies the meaning of whatever character/byte comes next. In this particular case it happened to be coming from Enter key, which normally means carriage return or ^M character. With ` that modifies into newline. Similar example, echo "$HOME"` vs echo $HOME, where ` modifies meaning of $` from signifying a variable to literal $– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 7:42
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
Oops, stackexchange formatting messed up the comment. I was saying "The doesn't specifically imply newline.
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Apr 22 at 16:57
add a comment |Â
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