The command has been implemented in operating systems such as Unix, DOS, IBM OS/2, MetaComCo TRIPOS, AmigaOS (where if a bare See more

A directory is a logical section of a file system used to hold files. Directories may also contain other directories. The cd command can be used to change into a subdirectory, move back into the parent directory, move all the way back to the root directory See more

In the File Transfer Protocol, the respective command is spelled CWD in the control stream, but is available as cd in most client command-line programs. Some clients also have the lcd for changing the working directory locally.
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• Windows XP > Command-line reference A-Z > Chdir (Cd) from Microsoft TechNet
• cd: change the working directory – Shell and Utilities Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 4 from The Open Group See more

Unix, Unix-like
• cd by itself or cd ~ will always put the user in their home directory.
• cd . will leave the user in the same directory they are … See more

• Directory structure
• pushd and popd
• chroot
• List of command-line interpreters See more

• Wolverton, Van (1990). MS-DOS Commands: Microsoft Quick Reference, 4th Revised edition. Microsoft Press. ISBN 978-1-55615-289-4 See more