cd..: command not found

[hualaan]

I'm just trying to learn the Linux command line commands. Typing cd.. gets the "command not found" error. I can use cd folder name to change to the folder name directory, and typing cd alone will bring me back to the home directory, but not cd..

Anyone know how I can get the cd.. function to work?

[plugwash]

There needs to be a space between cd and ..

[hualaan]

Thanks plugwash...it's been more than twenty years since I used Unix. I'm pretty rusty!

[uroborous]

i am trying to install a pdf viewer program. to install it i have to cd into the directory where the installer file is located. however i can not cd into anything at all and i have tried every other file in the home/pi/ directory to no avail. it is located in the downloads directory but when i input the command: "cd /downloads" i get the error message "no such file or directory" what am i doing wrong.
i have also tried: cd /home/pi/downloads
cd/home/pi/downloads
and cd/downloads.
nothing seems to work. neither does cd . or cd ..

<edit>
solved my problem the easy way:
moved the file into the home/pi directory
punched in the command.
installer started.
why cant we just double click on the damnable things like in windows with a .exe installer?
srsly would be easier.
plz dont hate me.

[Imperf3kt]

i am trying to install a pdf viewer program. to install it i have to cd into the directory where the installer file is located. however i can not cd into anything at all and i have tried every other file in the home/pi/ directory to no avail. it is located in the downloads directory but when i input the command: "cd /downloads" i get the error message "no such file or directory" what am i doing wrong.
i have also tried: cd /home/pi/downloads
cd/home/pi/downloads
and cd/downloads.
nothing seems to work. neither does cd . or cd ..

<edit>
solved my problem the easy way:
moved the file into the home/pi directory
punched in the command.
installer started.
why cant we just double click on the damnable things like in windows with a .exe installer?
srsly would be easier.
plz dont hate me.

Linux is case-sensitive.
Next time, the command should be
cd /home/pi/Downloads

[k-pi]

....& just as a refresher "cd /downloads" will be looking for that in the root partition, not in the /home/pi folder.