directory - What are ./ and ../ directories? - Unix & Linux Stack …
Every directory on a Unix system (and probably every other system too) contains at least two directory entries. These are . (current directory) and .. (parent directory). In the case of the root …
What is the difference between a directory and a folder?
Jul 16, 2021 · Check "The folder metaphor" section at Wikipedia. It states: There is a difference between a directory, which is a file system concept, and the graphical user interface metaphor …
windows - What are "." and ".." in a directory? - Super User
Based on the question: How to make using command prompt less painful, what are the . and .. entries in the most voted answer? I see it when I do a dir command but it isn't visible to the …
How do I remove a directory and all its contents?
Sep 25, 2025 · In bash all I know is that rmdir directoryname will remove the directory but only if it's empty. Is there a way to force remove subdirectories?
Create directory if it does not exist - Stack Overflow
New-Item with -ItemType Directory will also create all folders even if they don't exist.
How do I check if a directory exists in Python? - Stack Overflow
A word of warning - the highest rated answer might be susceptible to race conditions. You might want to perform os.stat instead, to see if the directory both exists and is a directory at the …
Download using wget to a different directory than current directory
The directory prefix is the directory where all other files and subdirectories will be saved to, i.e. the top of the retrieval tree. The default is ‘.’ (the current directory).
How do I get the total size of everything in a directory in one line ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Thanks! Remarks: On macOS 11 Big Sur the option needed for du is -d (as in "depth"). du -d 0 only gives you the size of your current directory (".") without listing the …
How do I get the size of a directory on the command line?
Feb 20, 2015 · I tried to obtain the size of a directory (containing directories and sub directories) by using the ls command with option l. It seems to work for files (ls -l file name), but if I try to …
How to go to the previous working directory in terminal?
In terminal, how can I define a key to go to the previous directory which I was in when changing directory with the cd command? For example, I'm in /opt/soft/bin and I cd into /etc/squid3 and I …