cd is among the commands you will use most often on the command line. It changes your working directory. Use it to move around within the hierarchy of your file system.
cd [-L | -P [-e]] directory
cd documents/work/accounting
cd /
cd ..
-L | This option is the default behavior of cd; normally, it will always act as if -L has been specified. |
-P | Use the physical directory structure without following symbolic links. In other words, only change into the specified directory if it actually exists as named; symbolic links will not be followed. |
-e | If the -P option is specified, and the current working directory cannot be determined, this option tells cd to exit with an error. If -P is not specified along with this option, this option has no fun |