$cdpath  –  Directories Used by cd

$cdpath contains the directories used as a search path by the cd builtin command. The linked scalar variable $CDPATH contains the same value as a colon-separated string and is updated at the same time when $cdpath is modified.

Links

• The Z Shell manual

Examples

Update $cdpath and evaluate the linked $CDPATH

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cdpath=(. "$HOME" /opt) echo "$cdpath" echo "$CDPATH"

Output:

1 2	. /home/user /opt .:/home/user:/opt

Make cd always look into $HOME when the directory wasn’t found in the current directory

1	cdpath=(. "$HOME")