{"id":3288,"date":"2014-06-10T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2014\/06\/10\/cd-command\/"},"modified":"2014-06-10T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T20:12:09","slug":"cd-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/server\/linux\/cd-command\/","title":{"rendered":"cd command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When navigating through your server you may want to change to other directories. The <em>cd<\/em> command is the bash command to allow you to move to other folders within your account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Command: <\/strong>cd<br \/> <strong>Synopsis: <\/strong>cd [dir]\n<p> <strong>Options: <\/strong> <\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tr>\n<th>Option<\/th>\n<th>Long name<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>-P<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>This forces the command to use the physical directory structure and does not include symlinks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>-L<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>This forces the command to use the logical directory structure and includes any symlinks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Examples<\/h2>\n<p>Below are a few examples of using the <em>cd<\/em> command. You can confirm your loction after running your <em>cd<\/em> command by using the <em>pwd<\/em> command.<\/p>\n<p><strong>cd [dir]<\/strong> &#8211; This command moves you to the path you specify. If you begin the path with a \/ it will start at the root folder for your account, as in the example below. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\"> # <span style=\"color:red\">cd \/home\/userna5\/public_html<\/span> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/home\/userna5\/public_html <\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>cd [dir]<\/strong> &#8211; Continuing the above example, not using a \/ in the path begins from your current location. In this example, we begin in the <em>\/home\/userna5\/public_html<\/em> directory. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\"> # <span style=\"color:red\">cd images<\/span> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/home\/userna5\/public_html\/images <\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>cd ..<\/strong> &#8211; This command moves you to the directory just above your current location. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\"> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/home\/userna5\/public_html\/images # <span style=\"color:red\">cd ..<\/span> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/home\/userna5\/public_html <\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>cd \/<\/strong> &#8211; Using only the \/ as the path will return you to the root folder. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\"> # <span style=\"color:red\">cd \/<\/span> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/ <\/pre>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>cd ~<\/strong> &#8211; When using the ~ (tilde) character as the path, you will be returned to your home directory. The example below assumes a user named userna5. <\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\"> # <span style=\"color:red\">cd ~<\/span> # <span style=\"color:red\">pwd<\/span> \/home\/userna5 <\/pre><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When navigating through your server you may want to change to other directories. The cd command is the bash command to allow you to move to other folders within your account. 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