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Taking command of the command Line - 3


Taking Command of Command Line-3

On Mac, opening Finder From the Terminal

From terminal , open . Command will open the Directory currently you are in.
For eg type pwd it will you the current path of the directory you are in.
Then just type open . Will open the window at which you're currently in.
If you want to open the last directory just use open .. will get you the directory which is just behind the directory you are give it a try.
If you want to open the directory you wanted just use open /directory Name for eg open /User.

On Windows, opening the explorer From the command Prompt

In the same way just use start . Will get you out the directory.
start .. will give you the parent directory.
start /directory-name will open the directory you wanted to open. 

This tricks are quite productive to navigate the file system instead to touching your mouse and blobbing around the system.
Hope it helps Thanks. 
Happy Learning 😀

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