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cd
cd directory
cd ..
cd,
by itself, prints out the current directory.
cd directory
sets the current directory to the one specified. On UNIX platforms, the character ~ is interpreted as the user's root directory.
cd ..
changes to the directory above the current one.
UNIX: cd /usr/local/matlab/toolbox/demos
DOS: cd C:MATLAB\DEMOS
VMS: cd DISK1:[MATLAB.DEMOS]
Macintosh: cd Toolbox:Demos
To specify a Macintosh directory name that includes spaces, enclose the name in single quotation marks, as in 'Toolbox:New M-Files'.
dir Directory listing
path Control MATLAB's directory search path
what Directory listing of M-files, MAT-files, and MEX-files