arguments for a command file

[George Sicherman]

[If it moves, eat it.  --Vogon proverb]

> I am attempting to pass the argument by --
> cd $1
> Is this the right way of doing it?
> I print the pwd in the command file and it prints the expected one.
> On using the command pwd outside the command file I find that the
> change in the directory has not been made.
> Why does it do this?

Because a child cannot change its parent's environment.  Maybe
you should consider aliasing.
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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