relative paths

When navigating the Linux file system through the Bash shell, understanding the difference between absolute and relative paths is crucial. This knowledge makes managing files, executing scripts, and operating software much more efficient and less error-prone. In this blog post, we’ll demystify these concepts and explain how to effectively work with both types of paths. In Linux, a path is a way of specifying the location of a file or a directory on the computer's filesystem. Each file or directory can be identified using a string of characters; this string is what we call a path. Absolute Paths An absolute path is defined as the path that is relative to the root directory (/).