# Failed to \`cd\` in Julia REPL's shell mode on fish shell

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-cd-in-julia-repls-shell-mode-on-fish-shell/15593>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [September 28, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-cd-in-julia-repls-shell-mode-on-fish-shell/15593 "2018-09-28T08:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![paalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paalon/32/5784_2.png) [@paalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paalon)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-cd-in-julia-repls-shell-mode-on-fish-shell/15593/1 "2018-09-28T08:14:19Z")

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Failed to chage directory in shell mode. `ls` or other commands work fine.

```nohighlight
               _
   _ _ _(_)_ | Documentation: https://docs.julialang.org
  (_) | (_) (_) |
   _ _ _| |_ __ _ | Type "?" for help, "]?" for Pkg help.
  | | | | | | |/ _` | |
  | | |_| | | | (_| | | Version 1.0.0 (2018-08-08)
 _/ |\ __'_|_|_|\__'_| | Official https://julialang.org/ release
|__/ |

(v1.0) pkg> generate TestPackage
Generating project TestPackage:
    TestPackage/Project.toml
    TestPackage/src/TestPackage.jl

shell> cd TestPackage
ERROR: IOError: chdir 252: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Stacktrace:
 [1] uv_error at ./libuv.jl:85 [inlined]
 [2] cd(::String) at ./file.jl:76
 [3] repl_cmd(::Cmd, ::REPL.Terminals.TTYTerminal) at ./client.jl:61
 [4] top-level scope at none:0

shell> ls
TestPackage

julia>

```

Does anyone have same behavior?

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**Author:** ![mauro3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mauro3/32/292_2.png) [@mauro3](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mauro3)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-cd-in-julia-repls-shell-mode-on-fish-shell/15593/2 "2018-09-28T08:22:59Z")

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What OS?

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**Author:** ![paalon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/paalon/32/5784_2.png) [@paalon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/paalon)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/failed-to-cd-in-julia-repls-shell-mode-on-fish-shell/15593/3 "2018-09-28T08:40:36Z")

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On macOS. I set my shell to fish.