no directory in terminal?

[totallynew]

in terminal no directorys exist!
whats happening?
specifically trying to navigate to my desktop

[nothingspecial]

What do you mean no directory exists?

cd ~/Desktop

Make sure you uae a capital D, linux is case sensitive.

[TBABill]

+1 and be cautious because some folders are lower case while others are capitals. You'll see it if you navigate through the file browser.

[karthick87]

Type

cd Desktop

to move to Desktop and ls command will show you all the directory's and files which are in the Desktop

ls

[Joeb454]

Type

cd Desktop

to move to Desktop and ls command will show you all the directory's and files which are in the Desktop

ls

That assumes you are in your home directory - which is opened by default, yes - but you can't guarantee this on a forum, so

cd ~/Desktop

as suggested above is the better choice in this case

[karthick87]

Thanks for reminding me Joeb454

[totallynew]

cd desktop = no file or directory exists

[Bradj47]

in terminal no directorys exist!
whats happening?
specifically trying to navigate to my desktop

This reminds me of when I was trying to use the Windows command line and nothing existed.

That assumes you are in your home directory - which is opened by default, yes - but you can't guarantee this on a forum, so

cd ~/Desktop

as suggested above is the better choice in this case

To see what directory you are in you can always use

pwd

if you are uncertain.

[Bradj47]

cd desktop = no file or directory exists

You need to capitalize 'Desktop'. Like mentioned above, file names are case sensitive.

[totallynew]

You need to capitalize 'Desktop'. Like mentioned above, file names are case sensitive.

cd /Desktop = bash no such file or directory