Change Directory (cd)
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Change Directory (Change (working) directory
Description
Changes current working directory.
Usage
cd [path]
Examples
Home directory
» cd ~
Running cd
without a parameter will also change to the current user's home directory:
» cd
Previous directory
» cd -
Absolute path
» cd /etc/
Relative path
» cd Documents
» cd ./Documents
Detail
$PWDHIST
cd
updates an environmental variable, $PWDHIST
with an array of paths. You can then use that to change to a previous directory.
View the working directory history
» $PWDHIST
Change to a previous directory
» cd $PWDHIST[-1]
cd -
is syntactic sugar for$PWDHIST[-1]
auto-cd
Some people prefer to omit cd
and just write the path, with their shell automatically changing to that directory if the "command" is just a directory. In Murex you can enable this behaviour by turning on "auto-cd":
config set shell auto-cd true
See Also
- Include / Evaluate Murex Code (
source
): Import Murex code from another file or code block - Reserved Variables: Special variables reserved by Murex
This document was generated from builtins/core/management/functions_doc.yaml.