Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Linux and Unix cd command

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About cd
Syntex
Options
Examples


About cd
Changes the shells working directory.

Syntex
cd [-L|-P] directory

Options
-L Force symbolic links to be followed.
-P use the physical directory structure without following the symbolic links.

Examples
cd linuxreading.
The above example would change the working directory to the hope subdirectory if it exists.

cd ../home/users/linuxreading 
The above example would traverse up directory and then down into the
/home/users/linuxreading subdirectory.

cd ../..
Traverse two directory up the directory tree.

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