cd(1)
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cd Command
change working directory
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SYNTAX
cd [ directory ]
DESCRIPTION
If directory is not specified, the value of shell parameter $HOME
is used as the new working directory (also $home in csh). If
directory specifies a complete path starting with /, ., or ..,
directory becomes the new working directory. If neither case
applies, cd tries to find the designated directory relative to
one of the paths specified by the $CDPATH shell variable ($cdpath
in csh). $CDPATH has the same syntax as, and similar semantics
to, the $PATH shell variable ($path in csh). Cd must have
execute (search) permission in directory.
Because a new process is created to execute each non-built-in
command, cd would be ineffective if it were written as a normal
command; therefore, it is a built-in command for both the shell
and the C-shell.
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EXAMPLES
$ pwd
/usr/user1
$ cd workdir
$ pwd
/usr/user1/work_dir
$
The above example changes your current directory to the directory
named "work_dir." "Work_dir" is located below the directory
/usr/user1. The string, "..", can be substituted to indicate the
directory above the current directory. This string can be
repeated on the same command line to go up several levels.
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SEE ALSO
DG/UX 4.00 Page 1
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cd(1)
pwd(1), sh(1), csh(1).
chdir(2) in the Programmer's Reference for the DG/UX System
DG/UX 4.00 Page 2
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