This will make it easier to follow along throughout the series. I'll also split the screen so that the terminal is on the left and the Finder window is on the right. Let's go to this directory in Finder to follow along. If I type it and press Enter, the result is "/Users/ModulesUnraveled". There may come a time when you don't know which directory you are currenly in. Windows will commonly use ">".) Seeing which directory you're currently in (Some systems use a symbol other than the "$" including "%" or "#". Finally we'll see "ModulesUnraveled" which is my user name, and a "$" which is the prompt that indicates it is ready for me to type my command. You'll see "Brians-MacBook-Air" which is my computer name, followed by a colon and then a "~" (which indicates the user home directory) and that is the directory I am currently in. Once it's opened you'll see the last login time on the first line, while the second line shows information about my computer, what folder I'm in and who I'm logged in as. The first thing we need to do is open up our terminal. In this video we'll use the "pwd" command to see what directory we are in, and the "ls" command to list the files that are in our current directory.
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