NAME

cd − change working directory

SYNOPSIS

cd [ directory ]

DESCRIPTION

directory becomes the new working directory.  If directory is not specified, C-shell variable $home or environment variable $HOME is used.  The process must have execute (search) permission in directory.

Because a new process is created to execute each command, cd would be ineffective if it were written as a normal command.  It is therefore recognized and executed by the shells. 

You may specify a list of directories in which directory is to be sought as a subdirectory if it is not a subdirectory of the current directory; see the description of the cdpath variable in csh(1) or the CDPATH variable in sh(1). 

SEE ALSO

csh(1), sh(1), pwd(1), chdir(2)

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R