Ubuntu – How to change directories from the command line?

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I'm try to change to my Desktop directory from the terminal.

Running

cd /home/desktop

gives an error in the terminal saying no directory found.

What am I doing wrong?

iBelieve's answer covers almost everything, but alternatively you can type

cd ~/Desktop/

the ~/ stands for /home/$USER/ or $HOME/

cd ~/Downloads

Remember: Linux is case sensitive, so Downloads and downloads are different directories.

~ is a "shortcut" to the home directory. Another one would be $HOME. If you're already in your home directory you can just cd Downloads.

You can add a line in your etc/fstab

/dev/sda6 /media/basislis/Storage ntfs rw,users,nosuid,nodev,default_permissions

This should automatically mount your NTFS share at boot and should normally fix the problem.

You may have to tweak the mount option. Look for documenation on that and educate yourself.