# Traversing the Unix Tree

* `cd`
  * This command name stands for "change directory".
  * It changes your current working directory to the specified location.
  * The last visited directory is referred to with a hyphen ("-").

```bash
# go to root directory of the system and print the working directory
cd /
pwd

# go to the home directory and print the working directory
cd ~
pwd

# change directory using the absolute path and print the working directory
cd /net/bmc-pub14/data/
pwd
```


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