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RenMan3000
RenMan3000

Reputation: 21

Can Not Locate Any File In Applications Via Terminal

I am trying to access my Android SDK in my Applications folder on my Mac via Terminal. However, While I can access Applications, I can not access my SDK nor any other file in Applications.

What Am I doing incorrectly?

I use the "cd fileName" to access each level, yet, nothing beyond Applications, "apparently exists" beyond applications.

??

Upvotes: 0

Views: 822

Answers (1)

Deepend
Deepend

Reputation: 4155

There are two Applications folders on your Mac. I think you are in the wrong one.

Use the command ls to see what files are in the Applications folder you are in. I believe it will come back with no results. This is the one at 

/Users/username/Applications

The Applications folder you are looking for is located at 

/Applications

To get to this use the command cd .. three times which will bring you back to your root directory. You can also cd directly to your root folder with the command cd / If you want to find out where you are at any time use the 'please write directory' command pwd which will give you the file path to your location.

Then cd into the correct Applications folder with the command

cd Applications

Try using the ls command there to see if contains the file you are looking for. You should then be able to cd into your Android SDK

If you want to find out why you have two Applications folders check out this website which explains it pretty well.

Upvotes: 1

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