How to access my Documents via Terminal on Mac? - macos

So every time I type cd /Documents it says
Users-MBP-4:~ user$ cd /Documents
-bash: cd: /Documents: No such file or directory
Users-MBP-4:~ user$
For some reason it only works when I type cd /Applications
I'm not too experienced with Using terminal on the Mac, any advice will help!

Your documents are stored within your home directory, not at the root of the volume.
Try this instead:
cd ~/Documents

The path should be:
cd /Users/YourUserName/Documents
Just substitute for YourUserName

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