Change Directory (cd)

Change the current working directory.

Usage:

cd [DIRECTORY]

Examples

What Directory are we currently in?

pwd
/tmp/example

What directories are available in our current directory?

ls -l 
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 25 16:43 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 25 16:43 dir2
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 Aug 25 16:43 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 Aug 25 16:43 file2

Change to dir1 directory

cd dir1

Now we are in the dir1 directory

pwd
/tmp/example/dir1

ls -l     
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 25 19:44 file3
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 25 19:44 file4

We can use two dots (..) in sequence to move back one directory level.

pwd
/tmp/example/dir1

cd ..

pwd
/tmp/example/

ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 3 kali kali 4096 Aug 25 19:45 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 25 17:50 dir2
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 Aug 25 17:49 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali    0 Aug 25 17:49 file2