$CDPATH  –  Directories Used by cd

$CDPATH is a colon-separated list of directories used as a search path for the cd builtin command. The linked array variable $cdpath 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"