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4,337 PointsFiles does not found in terminal but exist
Hello, i have a folder in my desktop and i want to get access thru the terminal, when i type ls desktop i can see the folder there but when i type LS (name of the folder) says, directory don't exist. What could be happening here?
1 Answer
Andrew Hickman
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 22,832 PointsMake sure you are typing ls folder_name
with a lowercase ls. Bash is case-sensitive.
Also, make sure you are in the parent directory of the folder you would like to print the contents of. For example, if you want to run ls
on grandchild
in parent/child/grandchild
, you need to be in parent/child
.