NAME
cd
- change working directory
SYNOPSIS
cd
directory
DESCRIPTION
Directory
is an absolute or relative pathname which becomes the new working
directory.
The interpretation of a relative pathname by cd depends on the
CDPATH
environment variable (see below).
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of cd:
CDPATH
-
If the
directory
operand does not begin with a slash (/) character, and the first
component is not dot (.) or dot-dot (..),
cd
searches for the directory relative to each directory named in the
CDPATH
variable, in the order listed.
The new working directory is set to the first matching directory found.
An empty string in place of a directory pathname represents the current
directory.
If the new working directory was derived from
CDPATH
,
it will be printed to the standard output.
HOME
-
If
cd
is invoked without arguments and the
HOME
environment variable exists and contains a directory name, that directory
becomes the new working directory.
See
csh(1)
for more information on environment variables.
The
cd
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
csh(1),
pwd(1),
sh(1),
chdir(2)
STANDARDS
The
cd
command is expected to be
IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'')
compatible.