On 21 January 2014 01:16, Elliott Forney <elliott.for...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find it a little unpleasant that cd echoes the new working directory > when CDPATH is used to locate the new directory (I already have the > working directory in my prompt). I understand that this is behavior > is mandated by POSIX but I wonder if we could have an option that > disables this. > > Maybe if the `cd' builtin had an option, say `-q', that would cause it > to be quit if CDPATH is used. Then, I could simply > > alias cd='cd -q' > > and put a stop to this. I have attached a proposed patch, any thoughts?
Yes, adding yet another option which can be implemented using POSIX behaviour is IMHO code bloat. Just use alias cd='2>"/dev/null" cd ' (yes, POSIX mandates that re-directions can be prefixed and not only postfixed). Lionel
