manual_teachbooks/book/installation-and-setup/working-directory.md

Navigate to your working directory

You will need to know this to set up environments from a text-based file.

The essential command is cd FILE_PATH, which will navigate the terminal window to the directory at FILE_PATH. Note that although cd works on both Windows and Mac, many command line commands are different between the two.

1. Open the folder you wish to use as your working directory in the File Explorer
2. In the bar near the top you will see the folder address; you may need to click in the window to see the file path (i.e., the tree of folders separated by forward slashes, `/`)
3. Select the entire path and copy it (CTRL+C or right-click, “copy address as text”)
4. You can now paste this path into the Anaconda Prompt after the `cd` command
5. Confirm you are in the right place by inspecting the path listed in your prompt (it should typically start with be `C:\ ...` and end wit `>`)
6. You can also inspect the contents of the directory by executing `dir`

Alternative
1. Open the folder you wish to use as your working directory in the File Explorer
2. Right-click the folder and click `Git bash here`
3. Confirm you are in the right place by inspecting the path listed in your prompt (it should typically start with be `C:\ ...` and end wit `>`)
4. You can also inspect the contents of the directory by executing `dir`

1. Find the folder you wish to use as your working directory
2. Right-click and select Get Info
3. Hold down the Alt (Option) key; the menu items will change\
4. Select Copy … As Pathname
5. You can now paste this path into the Terminal after the `cd` command
6. Confirm you are in the right place by executing the command `pwd`
7. You can also inspect the contents of the directory by executing ls (that’s a lower case “L”)
8. Go here to see the source of this tip, along with screenshots.