fish-shell/doc_src/cd.txt

\section cd cd - change directory

\subsection cd-synopsis Synopsis
\fish{synopsis}
cd [DIRECTORY]
\endfish

\subsection cd-description Description
`cd` changes the current working directory.

If `DIRECTORY` is supplied, it will become the new directory. If no parameter is given, the contents of the `HOME` environment variable will be used.

If `DIRECTORY` is a relative path, the paths found in the `CDPATH` environment variable array will be tried as prefixes for the specified path.

Note that the shell will attempt to change directory without requiring `cd` if the name of a directory is provided (starting with `.`, `/` or `~`, or ending with `/`).

Fish also ships a wrapper function around the builtin `cd` that understands `cd -` as changing to the previous directory. See also <a href="commands.html#prevd">`prevd`</a>. This wrapper function maintains a history of the 25 most recently visited directories in the `$dirprev` and `$dirnext` global variables.

\subsection cd-example Examples

\fish
cd
# changes the working directory to your home directory.

cd /usr/src/fish-shell
# changes the working directory to /usr/src/fish-shell
\endfish
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			`\subsection cd-synopsis Synopsis`
Simplify styling 2014-08-01 12:25:41 +00:00			`\fish{synopsis}`
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`cd [DIRECTORY]`
			`\endfish`
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Some documentation cleanup 2013-04-22 01:13:18 +00:00			`\subsection cd-description Description`
Documentation update Rework for Doxygen >1.8. Moved large parts of the documentation to a simplified format, making use of Markdown enhancements and fixing bad long options. 2014-08-01 02:37:32 +00:00			`cd` changes the current working directory.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
Make line length, wrapping and spacing consistent 2014-08-19 12:41:23 +00:00			If `DIRECTORY` is supplied, it will become the new directory. If no parameter is given, the contents of the `HOME` environment variable will be used.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
Make line length, wrapping and spacing consistent 2014-08-19 12:41:23 +00:00			If `DIRECTORY` is a relative path, the paths found in the `CDPATH` environment variable array will be tried as prefixes for the specified path.

			Note that the shell will attempt to change directory without requiring `cd` if the name of a directory is provided (starting with `.`, `/` or `~`, or ending with `/`).
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
limit size of cd history to 25 directories The existing implementation grows the $dirprev array without bounds. Besides causing what would appear to be a memory leak it also makes the nextd and prevd commands more expensive than they need to be. It also makes it harder to create a useful "menu" cd command. In addition to implementing a reasonable limit on the size of the $dirprev array I've reformatted the code using fish_indent. Update the documentation to include mentions of the $dirprev and $dirnext variables as well as the limit on how much directory history is kept. Fixes 2836 2016-03-21 23:51:39 +00:00			Fish also ships a wrapper function around the builtin `cd` that understands `cd -` as changing to the previous directory. See also <a href="commands.html#prevd">`prevd`</a>. This wrapper function maintains a history of the 25 most recently visited directories in the `$dirprev` and `$dirnext` global variables.
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
			`\subsection cd-example Examples`

Make line length, wrapping and spacing consistent 2014-08-19 12:41:23 +00:00			`\fish`
			`cd`
			`# changes the working directory to your home directory.`
Help cleanup Large list of changes, including formatting and typos for most commands. More substantive changes have been made to alias, bind, block, break, builtin, case, cd, commandline, count, else, emit, fish_config, funced, function, functions, history, math, mimedb, nextd, not, popd, prevd, pushd, pwd, random, read, set, set_color, switch, test, trap, type, ulimit, umask, and while. 2013-05-12 07:56:01 +00:00
Make line length, wrapping and spacing consistent 2014-08-19 12:41:23 +00:00			`cd /usr/src/fish-shell`
			`# changes the working directory to /usr/src/fish-shell`
			`\endfish`