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For details on how home directories are found, see \u003ca href=\"/docs/18/libpq-pgpass.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSection 32.16\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTip\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo print your current working directory, use \u003ccode\u003e\\! pwd\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/dd\u003e\u003c/dl\u003e\u003c/div\u003e","SourceRevision":"ee8d1a3612338fd9adf250730cb640fcc5233b5491337cc00a316a44e3a0b9f8","ContentHash":"c307b0ef4e099db6a9248d3f8d1f731663a57045346bed2346e5c0e279b8212e","Payload":{"description":["Changes the current working directory to directory . Without argument, changes to the current user's home directory. 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