 What is the difference between / and ./ at the start of a file path in Linux?
 / means starting from `root` which is the top level directory in your Linux partition's filesystem.

./ means starting from the current directory.

You can see your current directory with the command `pwd` which is short for "print working directory".
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<|USER|> What is the difference between / and ./ at the start of a file path in Linux?
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 / means starting from `root` which is the top level directory in your Linux partition's filesystem.

./ means starting from the current directory.

You can see your current directory with the command `pwd` which is short for "print working directory".
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