Teo wrote:
> Dear Deniz,
>
> On May 31, 11:10 am, Deniz Dogan <kristn...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> I am very new to bash scripting and was hoping you could me out a
>> bit. I am trying to create a bash script (but I'd prefer an alias) which
>> changes the directory and then lists the files in that direcotry. This
>> is what I came up with:
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> cd $1;
>> ls;
>>
>> This does not work and I believe this is due to the script starting a
>> new "sh" shell and then changing the directory in THAT shell. How should
>> I do this?
>
> Bash aliases do not support parameters (i.e., the $1). You could use a
> function instead:
>
> $ function cdls {
> if [ -d $1 ] ; then
> cd $1;
> ls;
> else
> echo "Error: '$1' is not a directory" 1>&2 ;
> fi
> }
> $ cdls foo
> Error: 'foo' is not a directory
> $ cdls doc
> [snip]
>
> see bash(1) in the FUNCTIONS section for more details
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matteo
>

Thank you for your response, Matteo, it is highly appreciated!

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Deniz Dogan