The Gyzmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done executing, my
directory remains the same. Here's my
Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Gyzmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
then 'ls -l'. My problem is that once the program is done executing, my
hp == Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
hp Harry Putnam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Gyzmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hello. I've written a short shell script to change my directory and
display the contents at once because I'm sick of having to do 'cd dir'
You can source any text file. It doesn't have to start with a period.
However, the reason it doesn't work with a file called test is because
test is a shell builtin command. Useful in if statements:
if test $VAR = I
then
...
fi
, though normally, the [ command is used instead for the same
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
It has to be a dot file. A file who's name begins with `.'
Try .test.
Maybe someone here can explain why it doesn't work in a file named
`test' but does in .test?
For some reason it tries to source the binary test in /usr/bin ...
try renaming
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Kevin Krieser wrote:
You can source any text file. It doesn't have to start with a period.
However, the reason it doesn't work with a file called test is because
test is a shell builtin command. Useful in if statements:
bzzt! It's when there is a binary of the same
Bill Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: Bill Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: cd in a Shell Script
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 05:09:26 +0100 (BST)
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Kevin Krieser wrote:
You can source any text file
Bill Crawford [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Harry Putnam wrote:
It has to be a dot file. A file who's name begins with `.'
Try .test.
Maybe someone here can explain why it doesn't work in a file named
`test' but does in .test?
For some reason it tries to source the
