Name
cd
Synopsis
cd [-LP] [dir
] cd [-LP] [-] cd [-LP] [old new
]
With no arguments, change to home directory of user.
Otherwise, change working directory to dir.
If dir is a relative pathname but is not in
the current directory, the CDPATH variable is searched. A
directory of -
stands for the
previous directory. The last syntax is specific to the Korn shell.
It modifies the current directory name by replacing string
old with new and then
switches to the resulting directory.
Options
-
-L
Use the logical path (what the user typed, including any symbolic links) for
cd ..
and the value of PWD. This is the default.-
-P
Use the actual filesystem physical path for
cd ..
and the value of PWD.
Example
$pwd
/var/spool/cron $cd cron uucp
Ksh: cd prints the new directory /var/spool/uucp
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