Hi, The autocd option is a long awaited bash feature.
Unfortunately I dislike the noisy impementation which prints every time "cd <dest dir>". Due to the fact that autocd is off by default everyone who actives the option should know what s/he is doing and does not need a nanny. If it is not accecptable to make the default behaivor quiet please apply my patch. Thanks Markus diff -ru bash-4.0-rc1/builtins/shopt.def bash-4.0-rc1.patched/builtins/shopt.def --- bash-4.0-rc1/builtins/shopt.def 2009-01-04 20:32:23.000000000 +0100 +++ bash-4.0-rc1.patched/builtins/shopt.def 2009-02-16 08:57:37.964912464 +0100 @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extern int gnu_error_format; extern int check_jobs_at_exit; extern int autocd; +extern int autocdquiet; extern int glob_star; #if defined (EXTENDED_GLOB) @@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ shopt_set_func_t *set_func; } shopt_vars[] = { { "autocd", &autocd, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL }, + { "autocdquiet", &autocdquiet, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL }, { "cdable_vars", &cdable_vars, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL }, { "cdspell", &cdspelling, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL }, { "checkhash", &check_hashed_filenames, (shopt_set_func_t *)NULL }, diff -ru bash-4.0-rc1/execute_cmd.c bash-4.0-rc1.patched/execute_cmd.c --- bash-4.0-rc1/execute_cmd.c 2009-01-04 20:32:29.000000000 +0100 +++ bash-4.0-rc1.patched/execute_cmd.c 2009-02-16 08:46:23.340492392 +0100 @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ extern int posixly_correct; extern int expand_aliases; extern int autocd; +extern int autocdquiet; extern int breaking, continuing, loop_level; extern int parse_and_execute_level, running_trap; extern int command_string_index, line_number; @@ -3660,6 +3661,11 @@ xtrace_print_word_list (words, 0); goto run_builtin; } + if (autocdquiet && interactive && words->word && is_dirname (words->word->word)) + { + words = make_word_list (make_word ("cd"), words); + goto run_builtin; + } if (command_line == 0) command_line = savestring (the_printed_command_except_trap); diff -ru bash-4.0-rc1/shell.c bash-4.0-rc1.patched/shell.c --- bash-4.0-rc1/shell.c 2009-01-04 20:32:41.000000000 +0100 +++ bash-4.0-rc1.patched/shell.c 2009-02-16 07:59:42.348138201 +0100 @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ /* Non-zero means to change to a directory name supplied as a command name */ int autocd = 0; +int autocdquiet = 0; /* Tells what state the shell was in when it started: 0 = non-interactive shell script -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger01