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I need to CD to a particular directory to check log files and interface files. Instead of typing the path manually, is there a way of getting a script to change my working directory to the one I need?

Currently I have a script that CD's to the directories I need but a soon as the script exits, I am back in my home directory. I would like it to change and then exit leaving me in the desired directory.

Thanks for help offered

Its all a matter on how you call the script.

Say I have /home/jag/jag.sh as

Code:

#!/bin/sh

cd /home/jag/temp

If you run the script as

sh jag.sh

or

./jag.sh

you will not move to ~/temp.

Run the script as

. ./jag.sh

Reason being, the first two ways of running the script would run in a subshell of the current shell. i.e after a fork and exec.

In case . ./jag.sh, you are running the script within the current shell.

Vino

Hi vino,

Thanks heaps I tried your advise, but I keep getting -bash: ../stpth: No such file or directory.

it will only run when I use stpth without any path indications.

I am using Linux/bash.

I see what you mean about the seperate shell, not the original shell having the directory changed.

I will keep trying for an answer.

Look carefully at the previous posts there was a space between the two '.' in the post.

I need to get my glaesses checked thanks for the heads up!

And Yes it worked fine.

Excellent stuff, I knew I would get the right answer here.

Though not a script, pushd works well for this, cuts down typing out a whole directory name a second time.

man pushd


http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl1_pushd.htm