Easy. Let me show you how. How to open a terminal in a specific directory Open your file manager on the Linux desktop and navigate to the directory you need to work in.

All the commands in this how-to will work on most Linux machines. We’ve used an Ubuntu LTS install but you could run this how-to on a Raspberry Pi. All of the how-to is performed via the Terminal.

Ctrl+Alt+T: Open Ubuntu Terminal I mostly perform my tasks through the terminal, like creating files, managing directories, installing packages, updating the system, etc.

swapnil@ubuntu:~/Downloads $ It means you are now in the Downloads directory. If you want to see the content of that directory just run the ‘ls’ command. Create directory We use ‘mkdir ...