Hope I'm saying this right.

 

Example. I installed unmenu which leaves me at xxxx/xxxx/.um or the like. How do I back up to the root directory so I can perform more commands?

 

 

"cd /"

thank you thank you thankyou!!!!

edit- never mind

 

the correct command is exactly

 

cd /

 

no "cd/" parenthesizes

 

Isn't that the DOS command to also?

DOS uses the "back-slash" instead of the "forward-slash" of Unix/Linux. But they both use a space between the command (cd) and the object (/ or \).

The previous poster added the quotations to make the syntax stand out, not in a literal sense. Many times "cd /" would be followed "omitting the quotes" but that extra bit of advice does get left out.

BTW, Unix/Linux does support the . and .. but that's for another posting.