Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide

Directory Operations

cd	Change your current directory.
pwd	Print the name of your current directory, i.e., “where you are now” in the filesystem.
basename	Print the final part of a file path.
dirname	Print the name of a directory that contains a file.
mkdir	Create (make) a directory.
rmdir	Delete (remove) an empty directory.
rm -r	Delete a nonempty directory and its contents.

We discussed the directory structure of OS X in The Filesystem. Now we’ll cover commands that create, modify, delete, and manipulate directories within that structure.