Situation:
I've logged in as ordinary_user1;
I can su to common_dev_user;
When I su to common_dev_user, I'm taken to the HOME dir of common_dev_user;
Everytime I need to cd to a particular folder from here (say like cd /developers/ordinary_user1/code/)

This is a repetitive task (su ing and cd to the fixed path mentioned).

Requirement:
From my user id ordinary_user1, I need a short cut to su to common_dev_user and cd to this directory. Is this possible?

First of all, "su" doesn't ordinarily change your directory - "su -" does. Check "man su"..

But you may need the environment for other reasons. If so, put a shell script in common_dev_user's home directory:

#!/bin/bash
# this is "thescript"
cd /wherever-you-like
bash

Then invoke the su like this:

su - common_dev_user ./thescript

That causes them to run "thescript" in their home directory which cd's to where you want and starts another shell.

Have you thought about using "sudo" instead for whatever it is you need to do? Using sudo

Thanks Tony, for the direction. I'll do further research and post my findings tomorrow.

By the way, I'm using "su -" to switch user.

su with invocation of the script as suggested works fine.

I don't have sudo in my AIX.