Linux cd Command

What is Linux cd Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use cd command in Linux. cd command change the current directory to dir.

cd Syntax#

cd [OPTION]... [FILE]...

cd Examples#

cd Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of cd command.

cd command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for cd command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man cd

To open info page for cd command we can use command below.

info cd

To open help page from cd command we can run command below.

cd --help

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use cd in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.