On 1/12/21 3:20 PM, Mourad Bougarne wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I know that there's a command option to create a directory if not exists
> using mkdir -p DIRECTORY_NAME, but what I suggest is create a directory if
> not exists when we change it, so:
>
> $ cd non-exists-directory
> $ bash: cd: non-exists-directory: No such file or directory
>
> With the command that I suggest we can do:
> cdm: change directory make if not exists
> $ cdm non-exists-directory
>
> Regards,
> Mourad
This is not possible as a separate tool, because the working directory of
the calling shell process would not change.
What about a simple shell function?
$ function cdm() { mkdir "$1" && cd "$1"; }
$ cdm hello
$ cd ..
$ cdm hello
mkdir: cannot create directory 'hello': File exists
Have a nice day,
Berny
