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cd is the "change directory" command offered by most shells. For CD-ROMs, please use the [cd-rom] tag.

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Why can't I change directories using "cd" in a script?

I'm trying to write a small script to change the current directory to my project directory: #!/bin/bash cd /home/tree/projects/java I saved this file as proj, added execute permission with chmod, and copied it to /usr/bin. When I call it by: proj,…
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Equivalent of shell 'cd' command to change the working directory?

cd is the shell command to change the working directory. How do I change the current working directory in Python?
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Change directory command in Docker?

In docker I want to do this: git clone XYZ cd XYZ make XYZ However because there is no cd command, I have to pass in the full path everytime (make XYZ /fullpath). Any good solutions for this?
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Change working directory in my current shell context when running Node script

I am trying to change the working directory of my Node.js script when it is run from a bin script. I have something like the following: #!/usr/bin/env node process.chdir('/Users') When I then run this file with ./bin/nodefile, it exits, but the…
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bash - how to pipe result from the which command to cd

How could I pipe the result from a which command to cd? This is what I am trying to do: which oracle | cd cd < which oracle But none of them works. Is there a way to achieve this (rather than copy/paste of course)? Edit : on second thought, this…
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How to run 'cd' in shell script and stay there after script finishes?

I used 'change directory' in my shell script (bash) #!/bin/bash alias mycd='cd some_place' mycd pwd pwd prints some_place correctly, but after the script finished my current working directory doesn't change. Is it possible to change my path by…
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docker-exec failed: "cd": executable file not found in $PATH

I used this command: docker exec compassionate_mclean cd /root/python The error returned is docker-exec: failed to exec: exec: "cd": executable file not found in $PATH Kindly help me out
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How do I find the current directory of a batch file, and then use it for the path?

I have a batch file that I intend to distribute to our customers to run a software task. We distribute them as a folder or .zip with the files inside. Inside, there is the batch files and another folder with the files needed to run the…
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How to cd into a directory with space in the name?

I'm attempting to get into the directory /cygdrive/c/Users/my dir/Documents: $ DOCS="/cygdrive/c/Users/my\ dir/Documents" $ echo $DOCS /cygdrive/c/Users/my\ dir/Documents $ cd $DOCS -bash: cd: /cygdrive/c/Users/my\: No such file or directory $ cd…
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Run cmd commands through Java

I found several code snippets for running cmd commands through a Java class, but I wasn't able to understand it. This is code for opening the cmd public void excCommand(String new_dir){ Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); try { …
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How to use "cd" command using Java runtime?

I've created a standalone java application in which I'm trying to change the directory using the "cd" command in Ubuntu 10.04 terminal. I've used the following code. String[] command = new String[]{"cd",path}; Process child =…
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What does double slash // in `cd //` mean in Linux?

I've entered a command cd // instead of cd / by mistake and instead of getting an error as I'd expect the shell (Bash) showed a prompt as if I'm in the // directory:- @://$ @://$ pwd // Listing the content of…
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Go up several directories in linux

When I want to go one directory up I use cd .. But when I want to go 7 directories up is there any way to do this other than just typing seven (7) times cd .. ?
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One command to create and change directory

I'm searching for just one command — nothing with && or | — that creates a directory and then immediately changes your current directory to the newly-created directory. (This is a question someone got for his exams of "linux-usage", he made a new…
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"cd" does not work in shell script

I am wondering why cd does not work in shell script. It is as follows, #!/bin/sh cd test mkdir $(date +%d-%mm-%Y) When I run this, I get can't cd to test cd: 2: can't cd to /test Why is it like this?
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