On Wednesday 11 February 2009 23:38:10 Rolf Brudeseth wrote: > I would like to propose a new command for bash: > > ca [path] > > It returns the canonical path based on the current working directory and > entered path. > > > If the current working directory has been traversed through a symbolic > link, then listing a higher level path using dotdot's do not always show > I am looking for. Below is a trivial example:
what's wrong with:
ca() { cd "$(readlink -f -- "$@")"; }
-mike
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