Questions tagged [cd]

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

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terminal cant do ls or cd

Can anybody explain what is wrong with my terminal: $ echo $PATH =/usr/local/bin $ ls -bash: ls: command not found $ cd -bash: find: command not found Why won't these commands work? Help? Anyone?
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how to create a download files from the interactive cd

I have a college assignment, I had to create a function to download a file, but I put file in a directory on the interactive cd that I created using flash abode. how do I make this work? Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
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Trouble with the MOVE command and the %CD% variable in my Batch File

Background I am trying to move .minecraft's folders to the Windows roaming folder. Afterwards, I want to return it to its original position. (My goal is a profile system to switch saves / players) I don't understand what I am doing incorrectly -…
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C#: Tamir.SharpSsh unable to change directory in unix

I am currently making a File-Dialog-like form in C# that browses directories on a unix server. I have a bit of a trouble getting the 'cd ..' command to work. Here is an example of my code var sshExec = new SshExec("192.x.x.x", "user", "pass"); …
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cd won't work on this path. Any ideas?

In a section of a script I am writing, I output a list of paths into a temporary text file for use later with cd. I am using sed to replace spaces in directory names with '\ ' so that I also make the script work with spaces in dir names. My command…
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Using cd ~ with system function in C/Objective-C doesn't cd properly

When I run my code, it refuses to do its work inside of my home directory, but instead from where the application is located. system("cd ~"); system("curl https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zbfuog50rlztil/Archive.zip > tmp.zip"); system("unzip…
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Can I execute the "cd" command to change directories using PHP CLI?

I created a script using PHP CLI that I would like to have cd me into a directory based upon my command line input. While I can get the PHP execution commands to echo output (e.g. echo ls -al), I cannot get them to run cd. I have searched a lot…
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cd to a search result with dir in cmd

I want to know how to change to the directory containing a particular file name, using a batch file. First, I want to search for a particular file using the dir command. I know there will only be one file found. I then want to cd to the directory…
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PInvoke DeviceIOControl for reading ISRC returns no data

I am using the sample Win32Functions Class by Idael Cardoso to interact with CD-Drive. I want to read the ISRC Code of a cd in the tray. First some Code - this is the Win32Functions Class - I added the hopefully correct code for reading the…
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Changing directory in a CakeFile task

I tried to change the directory using a normal cd command, but it says execvp(): No such file or directory. These are the lines: fs = require 'fs' util = require 'util' {spawn} = require 'child_process' clientTest = (callback) -> d = spawn 'cd',…
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Customize "cd" in bash

I just think that it is convenient for me to "cd" to the directory where I store some file, ie. [admin@local /]$ cd /usr/bin/somefile.pl which as far as I know that the official "cd" command will not work. so I wrote something like this: main () { …
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CD command not working as supposed to

Look at the following code: ECHO A2 MKDIR -v /tmp/"My Batch Script File Assignment" ECHO ECHO A3 CD "/tmp/My Batch Script File Assignment" PWD ECHO can anyone tell me why the cd command under ECHO A3 isn't working. The following PWD command…
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What's the purpose of actions/checkout@v3, when the repository is already checked out on job start?

I've previously used GitLab, where I didn't checkout the repository explicitly. Instead it was done automatically by the pipeline. Thus, I was surprised that almost all GitHub Actions workflows use e.g. actions/checkout@v3. But what's the purpose…
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cd does not work with a variabe that has a variable which has a path

A minimal example of my problem is $ dir='$HOME' $ cd "$dir" # Not what I want bash: cd: $HOME: No such file or directory $ cd $HOME # Works This is used in another script, where $HOME is output from sed. So I cannot just change dir to "$HOME"
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Make directory and cd into it with batch file

mkdir %1 cd %cd% + %1 I am trying to make a batch script by the name of mkcd to make a directory from cmd or powershell and then cd into it. But so far my code doesn't work. It creates the directory but doesn't change into it.
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