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<li><p>Not all relative pathnames begin with <code>..</code></p></li>
<li><p>When using relative pathname, make sure you know your present working directory.</p>
<source lang="bash"># Change pwd to another directory branch from ipc144 (.. means parent directory: of pwd)cd../ipc144
# copy file sample.c file (location is relative to parent of pwd) # from joe.professordoe's home directory to your current directory:pwd (. means pwd)cp ../joe.professor/uli101doe/sample.c .
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* Prevent shell variable substitution
* Stop escape characters interpretation
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