Easy. Let me show you how. How to open a terminal in a specific directory Open your file manager on the Linux desktop and navigate to the directory you need to work in.

Since Ubuntu is a Linux operating system, you can bypass the graphical user interface entirely and open your PDF files from the command line.

How to find files in Linux: using a distro Here we'll look at using the search functionality within a Linux distro. This guide focuses on Ubuntu, but other distros will work similarly.