dir returning different values

Hello I have a flder in which there are 40 subfolders=[s1 s2...s40]. But when I am wrting dir in the folder location in the command window its showing all the folder and also two other elements . and ..

What does . and .. means in the case of dir ?

Answer 1

[José-Luis]

'.' is shorthand for current directory

'..' is shorthand for parent directory

You could try

 cd ..

in the command line and you'll be taken one directory up