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LPI certification 101 exam prep, Part 1
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2. Introducing bash
  


Paths page 5 of 13


To see bash's current working directory, you can type:


$ pwd
/

In the above example, the / argument to cd is called a path. It tells cd where we want to go. In particular, the / argument is an absolute path, meaning that it specifies a location relative to the root of the filesystem tree.


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