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.TH CD 1 "5 April 1980"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
cd \- change working directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cd
directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Directory
becomes the new working directory.
The process must have execute (search)
permission in
.IR directory .
.PP
Because a new process is created to execute each command,
.I cd
would be ineffective if it were written as a
normal command.  It is therefore recognized and executed
by the shells.
In
.IR csh (1)
you may specify a list of directories in which
.I directory
is to be sought as a subdirectory if it is not
a subdirectory of the current directory;
see the description of the
.I cdpath
variable in
.IR csh (1).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
csh(1), sh(1), pwd(1), chdir(2)
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cb3f4193 C	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)