Unix in a Nutshell, 4th Edition

Name

cd

Synopsis

    cd [options] [dir]

Change working directory to dir; default is home directory of user. If dir is a relative pathname but is not in the current directory, the cdpath variable is searched. See the section "Sample .tcshrc File" earlier in this chapter.

Options

-

Change to previous directory. (Compare to popd, which manipulates the directory stack.)

-l

Explicitly expand ~ notation; implies -p.

-n

Wrap entries before end-of-line; implies -p.

-p

Print directory stack.

-v

Print entries one per line; implies -p.