UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,

New to the UNIX Environment and I think made some mistake, because my cd command is not returning me back to the home directory.

It gives an error

: does not exist

Can anyone help me please.

Please note that I have even tried cd $HOME but got the same error message.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards

Check that you haven't created an alias for the cd command
% alias |grep cd

Check for your home directory in /etc/passwd - replace your-userid-goes-here with your account name - the awk command will grab the home directory name

% grep "your-userid-goes-here" /etc/passwd |awk -F: '{print $6}'

Check that the output of the home directory actually exist - try using the ls command.

Thanks for your reply,

I have checked for alias if any, but there is not.

I have tried the grep command which you have given, which after execution gives me '>' as a prompt.

I have even tried ls command and it gives me output of the home directory.

Will appreciate your view / more guidance.

Thanks and best regards,

The grep command given by RTM should work correctly. Check u are not missing anything in the command.
open /etc/passwd file and check ur home directory there.
Set HOME variable in ur .profile.

Done

Thanks for your help.

Best Regards