combine `mkdir foo && cd foo` into a single function `mcd foo`
user@home:~$ mcd newdirectory user@home:newdirectory $
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The biggest advantage of this over the functions is that it is portable.
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How often do you make a directory (or series of directories) and then change into it to do whatever? 99% of the time that is what I do. This BASH function 'md' will make the directory path then immediately change to the new directory. By using the 'mkdir -p' switch, the intermediate directories are created as well if they do not exist. Show Sample Output
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combines mkdir and cd added quotes around $_, thanx to flatcap! Show Sample Output
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# put this in your .bashrc mkgo (){ mkdir $1 && cd $1 } Show Sample Output
-11mkgo newdir
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function mcd() { [ -n "$1" ] && mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1"; }because other wise when you type "mcd blah test" it creates /blah and /test and goes into /blah. But it depends if that was the intended behavior or not...