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How to change directory in shell script running in zsh shell

I am working on a shell script (shell used, its version and OS are below). The script runs commands in a local git repository/directory with has several tags. The script outputs some string from ...
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How can I signal/force the parent shell to change directory? [duplicate]

I have this command called reclone, and this is my script: . load sudo -v extract sudo rm -rf /$organization/$repository cd /$organization git clone --depth 1 [email protected]:$organization/$...
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how to move working directory prompt inside of script [duplicate]

forgive me, the title was hard to come up with as i'm not even sure how to ask this any other way. i have a script that moves it's contents and then nukes the remains. here's the script (works just ...
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cd does not take variable as argument in bash script [duplicate]

I'm trying to make a bash script that will give me a command that will take a number n as argument and change the directory to the nth directory listed by running ls in the working directory. Here's ...
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Why doesn't the directory stack persist from inside a script? [duplicate]

I was working on a script to set up a project-specific environment. I created a script to set up the directory stack as suggested in the first comment to this question. Console output provided ...
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Add variable to cd directory path

I know these questions might have been asked somewhere but their solutions don't really work. I need help. I want to add a variable to a directory name then change directory to it. The approach below ...
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change directory in shell script based on prompt [duplicate]

I'm currently at /opt and running a small shell script. My "no" condition works perfectly, however, my yes condition doesn't work, I 'am still at /opt. while true; do read -p "go to log location ?...
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Unable to validate directory from user input

I'm trying to prompt user repeatedly enter a directory and then the script will then check if the directory exists, if not keep prompting till the user enter a valid directory. my code: #!/bin/bash ...
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Bash script did not change the directory as written [duplicate]

Here is my script to change the directory [user@linux ~]$ cat script.sh echo Before: $(pwd) cd "$1" echo After : $(pwd) [user@linux ~]$ When I tested it, it did not really change the directory as ...
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CD $Variable not working when used in a (Bash) Shell Script [duplicate]

File name: Test.sh #!/bin/bash ZDir="$(echo /usr/src)" cd "$ZDir" When I execute the script ./Test.sh, the command cd doesn't do anything.  If I try to do it directly in the bash terminal, it works ...
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Changing current directory with a bash script? [duplicate]

I was wondering if it's possible to change directory of a shell from a bash script, but keep the directory change persistent to more than just the subshell. I'm aware that when you run cd inside a ...
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How do I make a cd command take effect outside of the bash script subshell? [duplicate]

I made this script: #!/bin/bash if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then echo "only use one argument" exit 1 fi mkdir $1 sleep 0.5 cd $1 exit 0 I wanted to make a script that I would later put into /usr/bin, ...
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$ find -exec cd => gives error: => find: ‘cd’: No such file or directory

When I run this command it works: $ find . -inum 888696 -exec ls '{}' \; Conversation.pst Outlook Data File Outlook Data File.sbd Trash Unsent Messages Inbox.pst Outlook Data File.msf ...
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Why can't I use cd in a bash script? [duplicate]

I made a very simple script #!/bin/bash mkdir $1 && cd $1 when I execute myscript test It creates test directory but doesn't go inside just after. I don't understand why, on my fedora 27 ...
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Script that uses new directory [duplicate]

I have a script that I need to run an application which, at the end, changes the working directory. (I'm modifying an ".sh" script and am new to Unix.) I then need to run some commands in that new ...
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