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Ben Pearce
Ben Pearce

Reputation: 7094

Seemingly invalid No such file or directory error

I'm attempting to open a directory in Unix. If I enter the command

ls

I see the directory listed in my current directory but if I endter

cd [directory_name]

I get the error

No such file or directory

I'm also not able to auto complete the directory name using the 'tab' key. Does anyone know what may be causing this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 433

Answers (2)

MobEn
MobEn

Reputation: 65

This is example:

user@stackoverflow:~$ ls
users questions file.txt
user@stackoverflow:~$ cd /questions
user@stackoverflow:~/questions$

Make sure that you're trying to access a valid folder and not a file.

To further explain:

List the current directory's contents (either one):

ls .
ls

List the home directory's contents (wherever you are):

ls ~

List the root directory's contents (wherever you are):

ls /

Upvotes: 0

tachy0n
tachy0n

Reputation: 1

Check whether you are using the right capitalization? It's case sensitive. Add this to your ~/.inputrc if you want bash to not care about the case of the file.

set completion-ignore-case on

Upvotes: 0

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