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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T09:49:17+00:00 2026-06-08T09:49:17+00:00

I made a shell script that I want wherever it is to go to

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I made a shell script that I want wherever it is to go to a directory. For example if the shell is in Downloads I want it to go to Desktop create there a folder go to that folder and many other thing but CD command does not work.

#!/bin/bash
cd Desktop

It says so:

setup.sh: 2: cd: can't cd to Desktop

I there a way to use it, please help.

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    2026-06-08T09:49:19+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 9:49 am

    Use an absolute path or, even better, an environment variable.

    cd ~/Desktop
    
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