Cd
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The notable differences being that under unixlike OSes a space is required between '''cd''' and the name of the directory to change to and a forward slash '''/''' is used instead of a backward slash '''\''' | The notable differences being that under unixlike OSes a space is required between '''cd''' and the name of the directory to change to and a forward slash '''/''' is used instead of a backward slash '''\''' | ||
| − | + | C:\Windows> '''cd\stuff''' (windows) | |
| + | splat# '''cd /stuff''' (unixlike) | ||
| − | + | C:\Windows> '''cd..''' (windows) | |
| − | + | splat# '''cd ..''' (unixlike) | |
| − | + | ||
| − | cd.. | + | |
| − | cd .. | + | |
[[Category:Windows Equivalents]] | [[Category:Windows Equivalents]] | ||
Revision as of 08:44, 6 September 2004
Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, cd means just what it does under Windows - "change directory."
The notable differences being that under unixlike OSes a space is required between cd and the name of the directory to change to and a forward slash / is used instead of a backward slash \
C:\Windows> cd\stuff (windows) splat# cd /stuff (unixlike)
C:\Windows> cd.. (windows) splat# cd .. (unixlike)
