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# 8  
Old 06-03-2010
scottn

Thanks that worked well. Just curious what does the first "." do in the alias statment?
# 9  
Old 06-03-2010
oops
Quote:
Originally Posted by jacksona2
Why doesn't this work? It worked for me
you right it doesn't work, alias doesn't support passing in $1 for some reason, but you can create a seperate function in your bash profile,

This should work

-bash-3.00$ cdfunc()
{
cd $1;ls $1
}
-bash-3.00$ alias cdls=cdfunc
# 10  
Old 06-03-2010
Hi.

It will run the script in your current shell environment.

Without it, the cd would execute in another shell and would not change directory in your current environment.

The function solution from jacksona2 is a good one (with a slight fix):
Code:
-bash-3.00$ cdfunc()
{
cd $1;ls
}
-bash-3.00$ alias cdls=cdfunc

And if you have the function, you don't need the alias.
Last edited by Scott; 06-03-2010 at 01:30 PM..
# 11  
Old 06-03-2010
Thanks for the help all.
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