On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 12:20:39PM +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > #!/bin/bash > va=`cut -d"/" -f2 out` > #cat out > va > echo $va > cd $va > > The issue is that it doesnot cd to the directory after running the script The script is run in a subshell and can not affect your running shell's working directory (unless you invoke it by ". script-filename", in which case you are running its commands in the context of your running shell). Observe: $ cat foo.sh #!/bin/sh cd /tmp Just trying to execute the script: $ ./foo.sh $ pwd /home/kayvan But, using "." to execute the commands in the current shell: $ . ./foo.sh $ pwd /tmp Another solution if you want this to affect your shell is to use the "alias" command or shell functions. Read "man bash" and http://www.tldp.net/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html Best regards, ---Kayvan -- Kayvan A. Sylvan | Proud husband of | Father to my kids: Sylvan Associates, Inc. | Laura Isabella Sylvan, | Katherine Yelena (8/8/89) http://sylvan.com/~kayvan | my beautiful Queen. | Robin Gregory (2/28/92) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list