How do I cd into a directory using perl?

Question

I am trying the following.. system \"cd directoryfolder\" but it fails, also I try system \"exit\" to leave the terminal but it fails.

Answer 1

Code:

chdir('path/to/dir') or die "$!";

Perldoc:

   chdir EXPR
   chdir FILEHANDLE
   chdir DIRHANDLE
   chdir   Changes the working directory to EXPR, if possible. If EXPR is omitted,
           changes to the directory specified by $ENV{HOME}, if set; if not, changes to
           the directory specified by $ENV{LOGDIR}. (Under VMS, the variable
           $ENV{SYS$LOGIN} is also checked, and used if it is set.) If neither is set,
           "chdir" does nothing. It returns true upon success, false otherwise. See the
           example under "die".

           On systems that support fchdir, you might pass a file handle or directory
           handle as argument.  On systems that don't support fchdir, passing handles
           produces a fatal error at run time.