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.so man.macros
.TH cd n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
cd \- Change working directory
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcd \fR?\fIdirName\fR?
.BE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Change the current working directory to \fIdirName\fR, or to the
home directory (as specified in the HOME environment variable) if
\fIdirName\fR is not given.
Returns an empty string.
Note that the current working directory is a per-process resource; the
\fBcd\fR command changes the working directory for all interpreters
and (in a threaded environment) all threads.
.SH EXAMPLES
Change to the home directory of the user \fBfred\fR:
.CS
\fBcd\fR ~fred
.CE
.PP
Change to the directory \fBlib\fR that is a sibling directory of the
current one:
.CS
\fBcd\fR ../lib
.CE

.SH "SEE ALSO"
filename(n), glob(n), pwd(n)

.SH KEYWORDS
working directory