Change Directory – change the current working directory to a specific Folder.
SYNTAX
cd [-LP] [directory]
OPTIONS
-P : Do not follow symbolic links
-L : Follow symbolic links (default)If directory is not given, the value of the HOME shell variable is used.
If the shell variable CDPATH exists, it is used as a search path.
If directory begins with a slash, CDPATH is not used.
If directory is &qt;-&qt;&qt;, this will change to the previous directory location (equivalent to $OLDPWD ).
The return status is zero if the directory is successfully changed, non-zero otherwise.
Examples
move to the sybase folder
$ cd /usr/local/sybase
$ pwd
/usr/local/sybase
Change to another folder
$ cd /var/log
$ pwd
/var/log
Quickly get back
$ cd –
$ pwd
/usr/local/sybase
move up one folder
$cd ..
$ pwd
/usr/local/
$ cd (Back to your home folder)