Making my first bash script, can't get the cd command to 'stick.' [duplicate]
Solution 1:
In your example, go /etc will do cd; ls /etc. That means, first, cd will change the current directory to your home directory. Then, ls /etc will display the contents of /etc.
You could achieve what you want by defining a function, like so:
function go() {
cd "$1" && ls
}
Or just type it in the command line on a single line:
function go() { cd "$1" && ls; }
Then go /etc will do what you want.
$1 refers to the first parameter passed to the command in this example /etc. You can refer to subsequent parameters with $2, $3 and so on.