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Cd (command)

cd is a shell command that changes the working directory. It is available in many shells and other applications that maintain a working directory. In some contexts, the command can perform actions other than change directory. Some environments provide the change directory feature via a different command name such as chdir.

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Hierarchical file systemUnixUnix-likeLinuxShells
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Pushd and popdLettered driveCMD.EXE
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Ls
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ShellCommandWorking directoryApplications
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Developers
AT&T Bell Laboratories, MetaComCo, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Novell, HP, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors
Operating system
Unix, Unix-like, V, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, OS/2, TRIPOS, Windows, MPE/iX, Plan 9, Inferno, ReactOS, KolibriOS, SymbOS
Platform
Cross-platform
Type
Command

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Cd (command)

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples5
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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Cd (command)

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Developers · 1
Cd (command) → AT&T Bell Laboratories, MetaComCo, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Novell, HP, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors
Operating system · 1
Cd (command) → Unix, Unix-like, V, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, OS/2, TRIPOS, Windows, MPE/iX, Plan 9, Inferno, ReactOS, KolibriOS, SymbOS
Platform · 1
Cd (command) → Cross-platform
Type · 1
Cd (command) → Command

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Important terminology

command directory shells working change unix microsoft shell cd unix-like windows system powershell path prompt changes example also separate command-line

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cd (command)DevelopersAT&T Bell Laboratories, MetaComCo, Microsoft, IBM, DR, Novell, HP, JP Software, ReactOS Contributors1.00infobox
Cd (command)Operating systemUnix, Unix-like, V, DOS, MSX-DOS, FlexOS, OS/2, TRIPOS, Windows, MPE/iX, Plan 9, Inferno, ReactOS, KolibriOS, SymbOS1.00infobox
Cd (command)PlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
Cd (command)TypeCommand1.00infobox
a delimiting text between namesinstance ofa program imposes command-line syntax0.80text

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