[KLUG Members] Changing directories in Suse 10.2

[Brock Inglehart]

On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 00:15 -0400, Peter Bart wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 23:00 -0400, Brock Inglehart wrote:
> > Got my new HP printer supposedly fully supported by HPLIP project.
> > Downloaded the driver package but I don't do much in the shell so I
> > can't remember how to change directories.  Seems there is a way to see
> > the directories on your home file but I can't remember how.  These are
> > the instructions I am to follow.
> > 
> > 1  Download the file to a convenient location (e.g., home directory or
> > desktop, etc).
> >      2. Open a console/terminal and cd to the download directory.
> >      3. Type in and run this command: 'sh hplip-1.7.4a.run'
> > 
> > No.1 done.  Stuck on No. 2.  Shouldn't have any trouble with No 3.
> ,
> 	To change directories issue cd /home/peter/download for example. to see
> what's in the current directory issue ls or ls -a to see hidden files as
> well. Directories are case sensitive. You may have to become root, issue
> su and then the password. The last may vary by distro. 


OK, I still don't understand something.  I downloaded the file to my
desktop and issued the CD command.  See the results????????

brocki1 at linux-fhvo:~> cd /home/brock/desktop
bash: cd: /home/brock/desktop: No such file or directory
brocki1 at linux-fhvo:~>