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@(#)cd.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
.Dd August 31, 2019 .Dt CD 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm cd .Nd change working directory .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm cd .Op Ar directory .Sh DESCRIPTION Since .Nm affects the current shell execution environment, it is always provided as a shell regular built-in. For more information consult the manual page for the shell in use.
p The .Ar directory operand is an absolute or relative pathname which becomes the new working directory. The interpretation of a relative pathname by .Nm depends on the .Ev CDPATH environment variable (see below). .Sh ENVIRONMENT The following environment variables affect the execution of .Nm : l -tag -width Ev t Ev CDPATH A colon-separated list of pathnames that refer to directories. If the .Ar directory operand does not begin with a slash
q Ql / character, and the first component is not dot
q Ql . or dot-dot
q Ql .. , .Nm searches for the .Ar directory relative to each directory named in the .Ev 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 .Ev CDPATH , it will be printed to the standard output. t Ev HOME If .Nm cd is invoked without arguments and the .Ev HOME environment variable exists and contains a directory name, that directory becomes the new working directory. t Ev OLDPWD Set to the previous working directory after a directory change. Not supported by .Xr csh 1 . t Ev PWD Set to the current working directory. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std cd .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr ksh 1 , .Xr pwd 1 , .Xr sh 1 , .Xr chdir 2 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm cd command is expected to be .St -p1003.2 compatible.