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From: grs@houxa.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Korn Shell (alias for 'cd')
Message-ID: <350@houxa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Mar-87 14:18:27 EST
Article-I.D.: houxa.350
Posted: Tue Mar 24 14:18:27 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Mar-87 04:58:39 EST
References: <580@csun.UUCP> <2295@tektools.TEK.COM>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
Lines: 31
Keywords: Korn shell ksh aliases parameters oops
Summary: Better to use a functions

In article <2295@tektools.TEK.COM>, jerryp@tektools.TEK.COM (Jerry Peek) writes:
> In article <580@csun.UUCP> aeusesef@csun.UUCP (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
> > ... I would like to alias cd, which Korn
> > shell will allow me to do.  Apparantly, it looks through aliases first,
> > built-ins second, functions third, and PATH fourth.  I tried making a
> > function called cd, but it didn't work, and an alias called cd did work, but
> > I was unable to pass parameters into it.  Any one have any suggestions?
> 
> I have an alias like this; it takes commandline parameters just fine:
> 
> 	alias cd='. $HOME/.ksh/cd'	# CHANGE DIRECTORY, RESET PROMPT
> 
> Here's what's in the $HOME/.ksh/cd file:
>

The preferred way to do this is to create a function which performs the 
change directory, and then alias cd to that function. For example:

alias cd=chdir
chdir()
{
	cd $1
	PS1="$PWD >"
}

 
or whatever.

		Glenn Sills 
		BTL Merrimack Valley 
		!houxa!grs