Can't cd to Desktop folder Mac commandline

I am using OSX Lion and every time I tried to cd to my Desktop folder using "cd ~" and cd "Desktop" it stays in my home directory instead of going to Desktop. I've tried to perform the commands using sudo but it makes no difference.

Thanks.

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Using the sudo command will grant access to any folder or file on the Mac.

The commands sudo cd ~ return and sudo cd Desktop return only appeared to fail. In fact, both commands succeeded but exited without any output.

To demonstrate this try the command sudo -i "cd ~;pwd"return which should print /var/root in the terminal window.

In order to use the same commands interactively, do following:

6. sudo -i return
7. cd ~ return
8. pwd return

Output

/var/root

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