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<h2>cd - Change working directory</h2>
<strong>Synopsis</strong>
<p><strong>cd</strong> [ <em>directory</em> ]</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>You can use <strong>cd</strong> to change the working directory.
<strong>qsh</strong> sets the <strong>PWD</strong> variable to the
new working directory and the <strong>OLDPWD</strong> variable to
the previous working directory.</p>
<p><strong>Options</strong></p>
<p>None.</p>
<p><strong>Operands</strong></p>
<p>For <em>directory</em>, you can specify:</p>
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<dt>- (minus)</dt>
<dd><strong>qsh</strong> changes the working directory to the
previous directory and displays the new working directory
name.</dd>
<dt><em>/name</em> or <em>../name</em></dt>
<dd><strong>qsh</strong> changes the working directory to the
specified <em>name</em>.</dd>
<dt><em>name</em> (does not begin with a / or ../)</dt>
<dd>If the <strong>CDPATH</strong> variable is set, <strong>
qsh</strong> prepends each directory in <strong>CDPATH</strong> to
<em>name</em> to construct a directory name. <strong>qsh</strong>
changes to the first directory that you have permission to.
<strong>qsh</strong> displays the new working directory name.
<p>If the <strong>CDPATH</strong> variable is not set, <strong>
qsh</strong> changes the working directory to the specified <em>
name</em>.</p>
</dd>
<dt>not specified</dt>
<dd><strong>qsh</strong> changes the working directory to the value
of the <strong>HOME</strong> variable.</dd>
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<p>You must have permission to the specified <em>
directory.</em></p>
<p><strong>Exit Status</strong></p>
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<li>0 when successful.</li>
<li>&gt;0 when unsuccessful.</li>
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<p><strong>Related information</strong></p>
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<li><a href="hash.htm">hash - Remember or report utility
locations</a></li>
<li><a href="pwd.htm">pwd - Return working directory name</a></li>
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