Paths and navigation

The Unix filesystem is a tree rooted at /. Navigation is a combination of path awareness and safe movement.

Absolute vs relative

• Absolute: Starts at / (example: /var/log).
• Relative: Starts from your current directory (example: ../logs).

Recommended practices

• Use pwd often to confirm context.
• Prefer absolute paths in scripts.
• Avoid cd chains in production scripts; use explicit paths.