> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://mfitzp.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Set CDPATH to ease folder navigation - URL: https://mfitzp.ghost.io/set-cdpath-to-ease-folder-navigation/ - Published: 2011-11-08T00:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2023-06-25T18:15:10.000Z - Author: Martin Fitzpatrick - Tags: Tutorials, #Import 2024-03-14 08:20, #Import 2026-08-24 14:26 CDPATH is an environment variable which tells the `cd` command where to look for the specified folder. By including the parent folders of commonly used locations you can access folders more easily - and without typing an entire path. Open up your shell profile file `.bashrc` (Linux) or `.bash_profile` (Mac). Somewhere near the bottom of the file add a line to set the CDPATH environment variable: ```bash CDPATH=:..:~:~/data:~/projects ``` The paths provided are checked in order, from left to right. The above example therefore tells `cd` to look in: 1. The current directory (blank; before the first `:`) 2. The parent directory `..` 3. Your home directory `~` 4. Your projects directory in your home `~/projects` 💡 **You can add as many folders to search as you like and these will be checked in order from left to right.* Restart your shell (close and reopen or enter `restart`) and then try to `cd` to folders in your home directory from anywhere on your filesystem with `cd ` and no path.