changing dir inside shell

[Richard A. O'Keefe]

In article <16654 at brl-adm.ARPA> rbj at nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes:
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>1) If `sh' or `ksh' is your parent shell, type ". mover".
>   You may also use shell functions, or even aliases if you prefer.
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>Note that sourcing a file is less flexible, as you cannot pass any
>parameters ($1, $2, etc) to it. With shell functions and aliases you can.

You can pass parameters to a sourced file using named variables.
E.g. suppose file "demo" contains
	echo $arg1
and you do
	arg1=example . demo