lähtöhakemistot

Lähtöhakemistot, a Finnish term translating to "starting directories" or "working directories," refers to the directory from which a command or program is executed. When you open a terminal or command prompt, you are typically in a default starting directory. Any relative file paths specified in commands will be interpreted from this directory. For example, if your current starting directory is /home/user/documents and you run a command like cat report.txt, the system will look for report.txt within the /home/user/documents directory.

Understanding your current starting directory is crucial for navigating file systems and executing programs correctly. Commands like pwd (print working directory) in Unix-like systems or cd (change directory) without any arguments in Windows can show you your current starting directory. Changing the starting directory using the cd command allows you to work with files and folders located elsewhere in the file system without needing to specify their full paths each time. This concept is fundamental to command-line interface operations and scripting, ensuring that programs and commands can locate and access the files they need to operate on.