Very Basic Mac Terminal Issue [closed] - macos

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I'm brand new to using Mac Terminal and I can't seem to figure out what's going on when I try to navigate directories. I have experience in MS-DOS (from many many years ago...but I still get the basic idea) and it's not working the way I'd like it to.
I'm trying to navigate to any directory and it's not allowing me to. If I type:
cd/Applications
It's giving me the error:
-bash: cd/Applications: No such file or directory
I've tried to navigate to it from the default directory and I also tried to navigate to it after typing:
sudo -s
Which I read was how to get to the absolute root directory. I know this is impossibly basic but can someone point me in the right direction on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!

You need a space between the command name, "cd", and each of its arguments, in this case directory name "/Applications". So:
cd /Applications

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