Difference between folder/ and folder

Question

When changing directories and traversing filepaths, I noticed that sometimes users apply cd foo/bar/ and sometimes cd foo/bar.

I was wondering what the difference was, if any? I presume there's no difference in the context of simply changing directories, but are there consequences of using each method elsewhere?

Answer 1

You're right, there is no difference when changing directories on the command line. You're also right in presuming there is no difference between:

file/path/example/ and file/path/example in other contexts too (where example represents a folder).