Why I can't change directories using “cd”?

Question

I\'m trying to write a small script to change the current directory to my project directory:

#!/bin/bash
cd /home/tree/projects/java

I save

Answer 1

You can create a function like below in your .bash_profile and it will work smoothly.

The following function takes an optional parameter which is a project. For example, you can just run

cdproj

or

cdproj project_name

Here is the function definition.

cdproj(){
    dir=/Users/yourname/projects
    if [ "$1" ]; then
      cd "${dir}/${1}"
    else
      cd "${dir}"
    fi
}

Dont forget to source your .bash_profile