cd

Change directory

Usage: cd dirname

Standard Input: Not used

Standard Output: Not used except for CDPATH (see following Note)

SEE ALSO

For more information, see page 62

Note

If no dirname is given, cd takes you to your home directory. If a dirname is a basename, cd will check whether dirname is a subdirectory of any parent directory in CDPATH. If so, cd will change to that directory and output its full pathname to Standard Output.

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