Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 11:17:58AM +0100, David selby wrote:
>> I have a script to show a certain directory, it would be great if that
>> script could change my pwd to that directory.
>>
>> Inside my script is a cd /usr/lo....., however since the script
>> automaticly runs in a subshell, when it ends my directory has not changes.
>
>> source <scriptname> works but is clumbs
>
> '. <scriptname>' works and is less clumsy (not to mention less
> bash-specific). It's probably the best you've got.
Depending on how complicated the script is, rewriting it as a shell
function might be appropriate. You could add to your .bashrc file
something like
cdls() { cd "$1"; ls; }
and then "cdls foo" would change directories to foo and list it.
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