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         <h1>Using the Korn Shell</h1>
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               <title>cd Command</title>
               <label>cd</label>
               <h1>Change to specified directory</h1>
               <blockcode>
                  <l>cd <i>dirpath</i>​</l>
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               <h1>Change to parent directory</h1>
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               <p>In addition to the functions of the
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               <h1>Change to previously accessed directory</h1>
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                  <l>cd -</l>
               </blockcode>
               <h1>Change to similarly named directory</h1>
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                  <l>cd <i>string1</i> <i>string2</i>​</l>
               </blockcode>
               <p>replaces "string1" in the current directory path with "string2" and changes to the resulting directory
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               <label>echo</label>
               <h1>echo</h1>
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                  <l>echo text ...</l>
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               <title>print Command</title>
               <label>print</label>
               <h1>print</h1>
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                  <l>print</l>
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            <updated local="2006-10-04">Wednesday October 4, 2006</updated>
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