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<h1> The <tt>cd</tt> program </h1>

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<tt>cd</tt> changes the current working directory to a
given directory, then executes a program.
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<h2> Interface </h2>

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     cd <em>dir</em> <em>prog...</em>
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<tt>cd</tt> performs a
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/chdir.html">chdir()</a>
system call on <em>dir</em>, then execs into <em>prog...</em>.
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<h2> Notes </h2>

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<tt>cd</tt> is a standard shell builtin. Be careful if you want to
use the <tt>cd</tt> command outside of an <tt>execline</tt> script.
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