Lesson 7 · Work faster
Let Tab finish the path
The shell completes different things depending on where you press Tab. At the start of a line it completes command names and can fall back to matching paths. After cd, ls, or cat it completes paths. Type the beginning of a unique name and press Tab—or use the on-screen Tab button on a phone. If several names match, Tab shows the choices. Linux names are case-sensitive, so D can match Documents but d cannot.
Example
cd Doc<Tab>Type cd Doc and press your keyboard's Tab key or the on-screen Tab button. Because Documents is the only matching name, the terminal finishes the directory path.
Try it
Use Tab completion for each directory name as you enter projects/website, then confirm the location with pwd.
Lost? Run pwd to orient yourself. A bare cd returns home, and Restart lesson restores the starting location (~).
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