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Changing directory
Name: ravi.kumar Date: April 27, 2005 at 05:19:03 Pacific OS: Unix CPU/Ram: 256MB
Comment:
Hi, I have a directory A in my home dir, I need a script to change to dir A, after executing the script I shouldn't be in my home dir (i.e pwd should show /home dir/A) how can I do this
Name: nails Date: April 27, 2005 at 07:21:14 Pacific
Reply:
Hi:
Executing a shell script spawns a child shell. In order for your directory changes for to remain in effect once the child terminates, you must "source" the script:
. myscript.ss
For sh/ksh/bash scripts, from the command-line, that is a period, a space, and the script name.
Regards,
Nails
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Response Number 2
Name: Luke Chi Date: April 27, 2005 at 08:41:55 Pacific
Reply:
I created many alias in my .profile file, like:
alias _o='cd $ORACLE_HOME; pwd' alias _j='cd $J2EE_HOME; pwd' alias _p='cd $APACHE_HOME; pwd' alias _b='cd $B2B_HOME; pwd' ...
then, for example $ _o $ /u01/oracle/product/10.1.0/Edge/j2ee/home
Luke Chi
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Response Number 3
Name: ravi.kumar Date: April 27, 2005 at 22:17:34 Pacific
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