Hi Alien Coders… its not an alien thing to write about cd. Yeah cd(change directory) not CD(Compact Disc) 😛 . Either you are working on Windows or Unix flavors O.S, the most easiest and usual command is cd, correct?
cd means change directory (as everyone knows) and its more powerful in Unix rather than Windows i guess. Window is having only cd path_of_the_diretory or cd .. but in Unix or specifically in Linux cd command is having lots of options. Lets explore one by one.
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