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~$ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory
~$ ls
Desktop    Downloads         Music     Public     Videos
Documents  examples.desktop  Pictures  Templates
~$ cd downloads
bash: cd: downloads: No such file or directory

Why is the directory not being changed?

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In Linux file names are case sensitive. The directory isn't named downloads but Downloads.

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  • kind of feeling stupid of asking this question. thank you very much sir.
    – Enharmonic Melodies
    Feb 26, 2015 at 20:30
  • Linux can have case-insensitive file systems (for example if you mount a FAT32-formatted USB thumb drive), but most Linux file systems are case sensitive.
    – Keith Thompson
    Feb 27, 2015 at 2:16
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Directories are case sensitive in Linux, run cd Downloads.

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That's because Linux systems are case-sensitive. So to change bash's current working directory from ~/ to ~/Downloads run:

cd Downloads
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