On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:20:39PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> #!/bin/bash
> va=`cut -d"/" -f2 out`
> #cat out > va
> echo $va
> cd $va
>
> The issue is that it doesnot cd to the directory after running the script
The script is run in a subshell and can not affect your running shell's
working directory (unless you invoke it by ". script-filename", in which case
you are running its commands in the context of your running shell).
Observe:
$ cat foo.sh
#!/bin/sh
cd /tmp
Just trying to execute the script:
$ ./foo.sh
$ pwd
/home/kayvan
But, using "." to execute the commands in the current shell:
$ . ./foo.sh
$ pwd
/tmp
Another solution if you want this to affect your shell is to use the "alias"
command or shell functions.
Read "man bash" and http://www.tldp.net/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html
Best regards,
---Kayvan
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