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The filesystem on your computer is like a tree made up of folders (also called "directories") and files. The filesystem has a root directory called <tt>/</tt>, and everything on your computer lives in subdirectories of this root directory.

We often navigate the filesystem graphically by clicking on graphical folders. We can do the exact same navigation from the command line.

There are two commands that we'll be using at a command prompt to navigate the filesystem on your computer:
* <code>dir</code>
* <code>cd</code>

<code>dir</code> lists the contents of a directory.<br />
<code>cd</code> moves you into a new directory (it stands for "change directory").

<b>Let's practice using these commands!</b>