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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Changing directory with a script Post 302414387 by ron_it_guy on Tuesday 20th of April 2010 03:10:44 AM
Old 04-20-2010
Hi there,

Tried that didn't work. In fact I searched the forum before posting and found similar solutions.

What is amazing is - the same commands executed from command line works. In the script it doesn't Smilie

Thanks for help!

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Hi there,

Tried this as well. Same result takes me back to my HOME.

Think there is something wrong with system settings. Not sure though what it could be. As these solutions have worked for others.


Quote:
Originally Posted by spider007
Small correction to karthigayan's suggestion. instead of ./script.sh use . script.sh
Its working....

see the example below

Code:
user1@AIXCOE:/home/user1> pwd
/home/user1
user1@AIXCOE:/home/user1> cat cdtest.sh
cd /home/user1/test
echo "current working directory in shell script is :$PWD"
user1@AIXCOE:/home/user1> . cdtest.sh
current working directory in shell script is :/home/user1/test
user1@AIXCOE:/home/user1/test> pwd
/home/user1/test
user1@AIXCOE:/home/user1/test>

for further reference pls see the below link
How do I ... and have that change affect my current shell?

Thanks
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script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME
script - make record of a terminal session SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename] DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS. The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed. OPTIONS
The following option is supported: -a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it. NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |CSI |Enabled | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
attributes(5) WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script. SunOS 5.10 30 Jan 2004 script(1)
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