stupid bash question, how to CD and stay in the new dir?

MrUmunhum · 05-27-2009, 12:28 PM

Hi group,

This is another case of "I should know this", but I can;t remember/

How do I write a bash script that will CD to a directory and stay there when the script ends?

I have tried:

. cd xxzzy
source cd xxzzy
bash -e cd xxzzy

I always get 'cd: No such file or directory' and it does exist.

If I make the command an alias, it works fine.

Any ideas??

zens · 05-27-2009, 01:01 PM

Well actually it thinks you'd want to source the file "cd". thats the problem.

Im just thinking about a way to reach what you want whithout a script. If it helps, create a file

Code:

cd xxzzy

, name it test and source it

Code:

. test

chrism01 · 05-27-2009, 08:23 PM

You need to put the cd cmd inside the script, and source (or dot space) the script.

i92guboj · 05-27-2009, 09:04 PM

You can't,

Use an alias, a function or source your script as suggested above.