NAME

cd − change working directory

SYNOPSIS

cd directory

DESCRIPTION

Directory becomes the new working directory.  The process must have execute (search) permission in directory. If you are not the owner of a directory and search permission is denied to others, you cannot change to that directory, and the message "Permission denied" will result.

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.  In csh(1) 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).

EXAMPLE

cd /unisoft/usr/games

would relocate you to the directory "/unisoft/usr/games" if this directory is executable (searchable) by you. 

SEE ALSO

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

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