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

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