linux directory traversal in one line
not sure how to explain this...
i'm not trying to do a directory traversal attack, i could do that in multiple lines with a script
i want to go back a directory "cd .."
then forward in the parent directory "cd .. cd johndoe"
.
..
/home/johnsmith
/home/johndoe
/home
/bin
/var
/etc
i want to do it in one line please
thanks
-dave.j
i'm not trying to do a directory traversal attack, i could do that in multiple lines with a script
i want to go back a directory "cd .."
then forward in the parent directory "cd .. cd johndoe"
.
..
/home/johnsmith
/home/johndoe
/home
/bin
/var
/etc
i want to do it in one line please
thanks
-dave.j
Surely you've thought of this, so likely you'll require expanding your question to add more clarity about what you're asking to accomplish.
ASKER
i just want to go from johnsmith to johndoe in one line
i just don't know what to call it... what to search for
in home/johnsmith
i want to cd down a directory ans save myself the trouble of:
cd ..
cd johndoe
i want to do cd .. cd johndoe (in one line)
don't need to find i know the structure of my directories and where i want to go, just not how to put it in one line
i just don't know what to call it... what to search for
in home/johnsmith
i want to cd down a directory ans save myself the trouble of:
cd ..
cd johndoe
i want to do cd .. cd johndoe (in one line)
don't need to find i know the structure of my directories and where i want to go, just not how to put it in one line
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Likely what robocat suggested...
cd ../johndoe
In Unix/Linux one specifies a path, (including a name at the end) not just a name.
path can be absolute (starting with a /) or relative (not starting with a /).
that work on any place a directory (also a file, only one that contains references to files).
or a file needs to be specified. Also devices are referenced using a name in the file system.
You own terminal (where you are logged on) : /dev/tty,
a disk: /dev/sda
a partition is /dev/sda1...
(Exception to this: network devices and X-displays).
path can be absolute (starting with a /) or relative (not starting with a /).
that work on any place a directory (also a file, only one that contains references to files).
or a file needs to be specified. Also devices are referenced using a name in the file system.
You own terminal (where you are logged on) : /dev/tty,
a disk: /dev/sda
a partition is /dev/sda1...
(Exception to this: network devices and X-displays).
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