Ubuntu – No such file or directory when I type “cd desktop”

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I'm new to Ubuntu. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS.

My problem is that when I try to access my desktop or any folder at my home directory, it always gives me this error

No such file or directory

even though the folder exists and I can see it with the ls command

The path names are case sensitive.

Therefore, it should be

cd Desktop

instead of

cd desktop

Welcome to Ubuntu.

From home to enter brian2 from /home/, type in terminal

cd ./brian2

or simply,

cd brian2

When to say cd /brian2, it tries to navigate the folder at / but there is no folder brian2

Christian Mann aptly said it, tilde ~ refers the same thing as /home/brian2 in your case.

~ refers to home for any user. For example,

For brian ~ refers to /home/brian

For brian1 ~ refers to /home/brian1 so on.

If brian1 enters to brian's home (have to have permission) he will see at prompt

brian1@ubuntu:/home/brian$

In Linux always you can modify things. There is a special shell variable PS1 which can modify the shell prompt in different ways as you wish.