-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James B. Byrne wrote: > This is probably a FAQ item but despite searching extensively with google > I am unable to find an answerer to this question. Perhaps I am using the > wrong words. In any case, at the risk of inducing some mirth at my > ignorance, how can one script a cd command so that that the user remains > in that directory when the script exits? > pushd newdir # at the beginning of the script popd # before exiting Alternately: curdir=$(pwd) # at the beginning of the script cd $curdir # before exiting For further information (and to find a list of the really useful features of the BASH shell) do: man bash Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGrhn3CFu3bIiwtTARAmv6AJ4kb6VG4HSyj/aChZgzJ9M64PW8SwCfYHV6 kJhMc6RYuZVW7JXSpYOPczg= =I0qY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----