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Novice - change dir in shell script

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Name: Kevin Kelly
Date: March 25, 2003 at 09:18:00 Pacific
Subject: Novice - change dir in shell script
OS: Solaris
CPU/Ram: a lot

Comment:

I have a simple script that changes directory-
cd /newdirectory
pwd
- when I run this it seems to execute correctly, but after it executes I'm still in my original directory. I guess I'm changing directories in a different shell. Is there a way to change directories in my current shell?

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Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: March 25, 2003 at 09:51:49 Pacific

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> I guess I'm changing directories in a different shell
Yes, a script always runs in a subprocess, so any cd or environment variable settings are lost when it exits.
You can either use ". scriptname" i.e. [dot] [space] [scriptname], which will run it in the current process, or else define a function (functions also run in the current process).

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