How do I use Perl's chdir operator?

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Published on 2010-03-29T11:31:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/29 20:03 UTC
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In ksh, I'd use

cd /usr/src/sys

How should I write it in Perl? A conversion such as

cd /usr/src/sys ---> chdir '/usr/src/sys'

Maybe the following would be better:

execute "chdir '/usr/src/sys' "

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