\section cd cd - change directory \subsection cd-synopsis Synopsis cd [DIRECTORY] \subsection cd-description Description Changes the current directory. If DIRECTORY is supplied it will become the new directory. If \c DIRECTORY is a relative path, the paths found in the CDPATH environment variable array will be tried as prefixes for the specified path. If CDPATH is not set, it is assumed to be '.'. If \c DIRECTORY is not specified, \$HOME will be the new directory.