cd Command

The cd command changes the working directory.

Syntax

cd	Change directory to $HOME (see ksh HOME Environment Variable).
cd directory	Change directory to directory. If directory does not contain a slash, search $CDPATH (see ksh CDPATH Environment Variable). If directory contains a slash, use it as-is. In either case, if directory begins with a tilde (`~'), replace `~/' with $HOME, or `~name' with the HOME directory of user name.
cd olddir newdir	Change directory to newdir, where newdir is derived by replacing the string olddir in the current directory name with newdir.
cd -	Change directory to $OLDPWD (see ksh OLDPWD Environment Variable).

where:

directory is the path name of a directory.

name is a user name.

olddir is the path name of a directory.

newdir is the path name of a directory.