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My working directory is /a and I open up netrw with :tabe /b. I now want to change my working directory to /b. I read that :cd<CR> should work but it just does the same thing as typing cd in a buffer (sends me home).

Using netrw v171 and VIM 9.0.749.

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This seems to work:

cd %

which I interpret as: vim thinks that current dir is open file so cd % changes to open dir in netrw.

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  • This is the only answer that worked in VIM9, but I still don't get why. :help % linked me to some usage of % seemingly unrelated to this answer (•_•)
    – X Zhang
    Commented Nov 21, 2022 at 15:04
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    I also use vim9. % is the register where the current filename is. In input Ctrl-r % writes current filename. Also, :echo expand('%') echos current filename (and current path in netrw) so I guess cd % expands to cd current_path in netrw.
    – Hunaphu
    Commented Nov 21, 2022 at 17:13

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