Hi I am trying to use the "cd" command in a shell script and am not having any luck. When i select an option in a if then statement, i want to exit the script and change directories.


#!/bin/bash
echo "Do you really want to quit?"
echo "1. Yes"
echo "2. No"
read option

if [ $option -eq 1 ] ; then

cd /home/user

else

bash /home/use/Linux/Linux_and_me

fi

Changing directory inside a script has no effect in the parent shell. It takes effect inside the script only.

I understand that. I was wondering if there is ANY way of doing this? is there a way to write another script that will assist me in completing the task. I want it so that when i exit the script it will change to the directory specified in the script i posted above

Apparently, you can't do this "running" a script. As its enviroment is lost when returning to your shell.
But, not "running" it but just "reading/loading" it would be a good way to do what you want.
The variable PWD represents the presently working directory (where you last used cd to, you might try it by "echo $PWD" which will return your current directory). So instead of
You could,
(replace that on the script).
And instead of running the script using
You should use source,
This will load its enviroment(retain all the variables used in the script), so your current directory will change to the one selected in the script.

thanks for the help. This is doing very close to what i need it to do and it will have to work. It was a lot closer than i had before thanks a lot man. : )