Changing directories in ksh...

[Lawrence V. Cipriani]

In article <5318 at dasys1.UUCP> pepper at dasys1.UUCP (Angeli "Ms. Pepper" Wahlstedt) writes:
>
>Normally, I'd have an alias in "csh" that looks like this:
>
>		alias down 'cd \!^; ls'
>
>But, here's the fun part...how do I do the same thing in ksh?? Shell
>scripts ain't the answer, because once I get to a new directory, I want
>to STAY there. Also, ksh's alias isn't as...ummm...err..."intelligent"
>as csh's alias.

This is a weakness in ksh, but there is a work around.  Use a ksh
function:

	function down
	{
		cd "${@}" ; ls
	}

and put it in your .profile or ENV file.  You could put quote marks
around the cd and ls if you don't want alias processing on them.


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