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I'm attempting to open a directory in Unix. If I enter the command

ls

I see the directory listed in my current directory but if I endter

cd [directory_name]

I get the error

No such file or directory

I'm also not able to auto complete the directory name using the 'tab' key. Does anyone know what may be causing this?

Ben Pearce
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This is example:

user@stackoverflow:~$ ls
users questions file.txt
user@stackoverflow:~$ cd /questions
user@stackoverflow:~/questions$

Make sure that you're trying to access a valid folder and not a file.

To further explain:

List the current directory's contents (either one):

ls .
ls

List the home directory's contents (wherever you are):

ls ~

List the root directory's contents (wherever you are):

ls /
MobEn
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  • `/` in the front means you move to the root of your file system. `~` means home and `..` parent directory. Since the root of a webserver is indeed the home, there is no difference between `questions` and `/questions` (for `@user`), but for a real file system, there is... – Willem Van Onsem Sep 16 '14 at 00:42
  • Oh, my bad. I thought he want to access the bin folder. – MobEn Sep 16 '14 at 00:46
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Check whether you are using the right capitalization? It's case sensitive. Add this to your ~/.inputrc if you want bash to not care about the case of the file.

set completion-ignore-case on
tachy0n
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