> >if I pipe the output of a cd command the working directory doesn't > change. > > That's because all elements of a pipeline except the last are run in > different processes to the main shell that starts the pipeline. As such, > the cd command is running in a subshell which exits when cd exits. This > has no effect on your main shell, which will keep the original working > directory.
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