Bash: cd producing "ls"-like output upon execution

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The forum discussion centers around an issue where the "cd" command in Bash produces output similar to the "ls" command. The user has aliased "cd" to "HOME=~/Desktop cd" in their ~/.bash_aliases file, which may be causing this unexpected behavior. Additionally, the presence of multiple terminal emulator tabs, one with an "ls" alias and another executing "cd," could be contributing to the confusion. The command alias -p is suggested to list current aliases for troubleshooting.

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I was fooling around in the command-line just now. I switched to my Documents folder. Then suddenly, the contents of aforementioned folder got displayed on the terminal. Specifically, all the directories got displayed, but oddly enough, not the one text file I had on there.
I have screenshots, but I'm not willing to share the contents of my Documents folder in a public forum. Is anyone willing to assist me? Additionally, I have "cd" aliased to "HOME=~/Desktop cd" in my ~/.bash_aliases file, if that helps. I might have also had two terminal emulator tabs open while this happened; one tab contained an "ls" alias, and the other had the "cd" command.
 
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The command alias -p will list the current aliases.
 
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