From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-05-19T22:36:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Beginner question pt.2

On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Calvin <cstephens4@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am also wondering if I could just type this into my terminal to get
> ruby1.9 to run a ruby file:
>
> $ cd
> $ cd Desktop
> $ cd programs
> $ ruby1.9 calc.rb
>
> Is this correct or incorrect?

Yes, that's correct, as long as ruby1.9 is in your path.

Also you can say cd ~/Desktop/programs rather than three separate cds.
And don't miss tab completion, if you're using bash.

martin