Type the command cd ~ and describe what happens. Why did this happen?

Create and change directories.
a. Type pwd at the prompt.



[analyst@secOps ~]$ pwd

/home/analyst

b. Navigate to the /home/analyst directory if it is not your current directory. Type cd /home/analyst



[analyst@secOps ~]$ cd /home/analyst

c. Type ls -l at the command prompt to list the files and folders that are in the current folder. Standing for list, the -l option displays file size, permissions, ownership, date of creation and more.



[analyst@secOps ~]$ ls -l

total 20

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Sep 26 2014 Desktop

drwx------ 3 analyst analyst 4096 Jul 14 11:28 Downloads

drwxr-xr-x 8 analyst analyst 4096 Jul 25 16:27 lab.support.files

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Mar 3 15:56 second_drive

-rw-r--r-- 1 analyst analyst 254 Aug 16 13:38 space.txt

d. In the current directory, use the mkdir command to create three new folders: cyops_ folder1, cyops_folder2, and cyops_folder3. Type mkdir cyops_folder1 and press Enter. Repeat these steps to create cyops_folder2 and cyops_folder3.



[analyst@secOps ~]$ mkdir cyops_folder1

[analyst@secOps ~]$ mkdir cyops_folder2

[analyst@secOps ~]$ mkdir cyops_folder3

[analyst@secOps ~]$

e. Type ls -l to verify that the folders have been created:



[analyst@secOps ~]$ ls -l

total 32

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Aug 16 15:01 cyops_folder1

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Aug 16 15:02 cyops_folder2

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Aug 16 15:02 cyops_folder3

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Sep 26 2014 Desktop

drwx------ 3 analyst analyst 4096 Jul 14 11:28 Downloads

drwxr-xr-x 8 analyst analyst 4096 Jul 25 16:27 lab.support.files

drwxr-xr-x 2 analyst analyst 4096 Mar 3 15:56 second_drive

-rw-r--r-- 1 analyst analyst 254 Aug 16 13:38 space.txt

f. Type cd /home/analyst/cyops_folder3 at the command prompt and press Enter.



[analyst@secOps ~]$ cd /home/analyst/cyops_folder3

[analyst@secOps cyops_folder3]$

The directory is changed to the home directory. Because the shell interprets the ~ as a shortcut for the current user’s home directory, cd ~ changes to the current user’s home.