On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Claes Lindvall wrote:
> Very often I create a directory and then I want to move to that directory.
> I would like an option that makes it possible.
> Ex.
> # mkdir -c <dir> (-c changedir)
> or a new command
> # mkcdir <dir>
I use this functon to create a directory:
md()
{
case $1 in
-c) mkdir -p "$2" && cd "$2" ;;
*) mkdir -p "$@" ;;
esac
}
Giving the -c option changes to the new directory if it was
created successfully.
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Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>
Author:
Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
