# cd

## Purpose

Change working directory.

## Synopsis

    cd
    cd directory
    cd ..

## Description

`cd`, by itself, prints out the current directory.

`cd` `directory` sets the current directory to the one specified.

`cd ..` moves to the directory above the current one.

## Examples

UNIX: `cd /usr/local/matlab/toolbox/demos`

DOS: `cd C:MATLAB\DEMOS`

VMS:`cd DISK1:[MATLAB.DEMOS]`

Macintosh:`cd Toolbox:Demos`

To specify a Macintosh directory name that includes spaces, enclose the name in single quotes, as in `'Toolbox:New M-Files'`.

## See Also

    dir, lookfor, path, what

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