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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting how to use cd command in shell script Post 302135410 by porter on Sunday 9th of September 2007 06:04:44 AM
Old 09-09-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by LAKSHMI NARAYAN
#!/bin/ksh
dirpath=$1
cd dirpath
In your case, however you just need

Code:
#!/bin/ksh
dirpath=$1
cd $dirpath

 

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suspend(1)                                                         User Commands                                                        suspend(1)

NAME
suspend - shell built-in function to halt the current shell SYNOPSIS
sh suspend csh suspend ksh suspend DESCRIPTION
sh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). csh Stop the shell in its tracks, much as if it had been sent a stop signal with ^Z. This is most often used to stop shells started by su. ksh Stops the execution of the current shell (but not if it is the login shell). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
csh(1), kill(1), ksh(1), sh(1), su(1M), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 15 Apr 1994 suspend(1)
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