Alias question (2 commands for one alias)

gflores · 02-19-2005, 09:36 PM

I want to have something like this.

alias cdl='cd [directory] ; ls'

when this is entered:
cdl documents
it should be interpreted as this:
cd documents ; ls

I can't seem to make it like that. Any suggestions?

DrOzz · 02-19-2005, 10:25 PM

you'll have to do it something like this :

Code:

function chl(){
        cd $1 ; ls ;
}

alias chg='chl'

then type :

Code:

source .bashrc

to make it take effect, and then you could type something like :

Code:

chg Mail

and it will change to the Mail folder in this example and list the directory
contents ...

gflores · 02-19-2005, 10:43 PM

Cool, that worked. Thanks for the fast reply!

GosthMan · 01-21-2006, 12:40 AM

10x for sharing