I was asked the question "what does the cd /etc command do?". This is my answer:
This command
cd /etcchanges directory to the directory specified after the slash/. The/etcrefers to a folder in the root calledetc. If the linux user was inside the/etcfolder, typingcd /would bring the user to the root.
Is my understanding correct?
The command
cd /etc will change the current directory to "/etc" - i.e. the etc directory in the root (or /) directory.
In your answer the part about "after the slash" is wrong and the part about "if the user were in..." is right but irrelevant to the question.
You may wish to consult the manual page for a shell (e.g. man bash or man sh) for a precise definition of the semantics of cd to work on – depending on the audience for your answer, there are some special cases which your wording does not consider. Even so, cd /etc changes to the directory called /etc. It does not "change to the directory specified after the slash", as (strictly read) this would imply that it would change to a subdirectory "etc" located beneath the current directory.
