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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)cd.1        6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH CD 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: cd \- change working directory
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B cd
                     13: directory
                     14: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     15: .I Directory
                     16: becomes the new working directory.
                     17: The process must have execute (search)
                     18: permission in
                     19: .IR directory .
                     20: .PP
                     21: Because a new process is created to execute each command,
                     22: .I cd
                     23: would be ineffective if it were written as a
                     24: normal command.  It is therefore recognized and executed
                     25: by the shells.
                     26: In
                     27: .IR csh (1)
                     28: you may specify a list of directories in which
                     29: .I directory
                     30: is to be sought as a subdirectory if it is not
                     31: a subdirectory of the current directory;
                     32: see the description of the
                     33: .I cdpath
                     34: variable in
                     35: .IR csh (1).
                     36: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     37: csh(1), sh(1), pwd(1), chdir(2)

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