How do I move back to original directory?

First i did pwd, it says:

/home/user 

I changed my directory using :

cd /Italic/Food/Places 

Now, I want to go back to original directory: /home/user. How can I do this?

3 Answers

To cd to the previous directory, you can use one of the following commands in bash:

cd - cd "$OLDPWD" 

To cd to your home directory, use one of:

cd cd ~ cd "$HOME" 

If you want to undo multiple cds, cd can't help you. You'll have to use the pushd and popd commands. Instead of cd foo/bar, do

pushd foo/bar 

Then you can use the popd command to undo as many times as you have used pushd.

Example:

/tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 $ pushd ~ ~ /tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 ~ $ pushd devel ~/devel ~ /tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 ~/devel $ popd ~ /tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 ~ $ popd /tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 /tmp/lightdm-1.10.5 $ 

Also see:

• How do I use the pushd and popd commands?

cd - returns to the previous directory.

If you want to go to home dir specifically, use cd, cd $HOME, or cd ~.

cd ~ will work. ~ is basically a shortcut for /home/user. If cd ~ takes you to the home folder, then use cd ~/user instead.