Re: Suggestion: cdm command

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 1/12/21 3:20 PM, Mourad Bougarne wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I know that there's a command option to create a directory if not exists
> using mkdir -p DIRECTORY_NAME, but what I suggest is create a directory if
> not exists when we change it, so:
> 
> $ cd non-exists-directory
> $ bash: cd: non-exists-directory: No such file or directory
> 
> With the command that I suggest we can do:
> cdm: change directory make if not exists
> $ cdm non-exists-directory
> 
> Regards,
> Mourad

This is not possible as a separate tool, because the working directory of
the calling shell process would not change.

What about a simple shell function?


  $ function cdm() { mkdir "$1" && cd "$1"; }

  $ cdm hello

  $ cd ..

  $ cdm hello
  mkdir: cannot create directory 'hello': File exists

Have a nice day,
Berny