{"id":2053,"date":"2020-04-17T20:40:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T20:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/?p=2053"},"modified":"2020-04-18T05:47:57","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T05:47:57","slug":"change-current-working-directory-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golangbyexamples.com\/change-current-working-directory-go\/","title":{"rendered":"cd command in Go or change current working directory in Go (Golang)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>os.Chdir() <\/strong>is used to change the current working directory to the named directory in golang. It is similar to the cd command.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Below is the signature of the function<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">func Chdir(dir string) error<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Code<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">package main\n\nimport (\n    \"fmt\"\n    \"os\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n    os.Chdir(\"\/Users\")\n    newDir, err := os.Getwd()\n    if err != nil {\n    }\n    fmt.Printf(\"Current Working Direcotry: %s\\n\", newDir)\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Output:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-go\">Current Working Direcoty: \/Users<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview os.Chdir() is used to change the current working directory to the named directory in golang. 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