How to run 'cd' in shell script and stay there after script finishes?

Question

I used \'change directory\' in my shell script (bash)

#!/bin/bash
alias mycd=\'cd some_place\'
mycd
pwd

pwd prints some_

Answer 1

You need to source the file as:

. myfile.sh

or

source myfile.sh

Without sourcing the changes will happen in the sub-shell and not in the parent shell which is invoking the script. But when you source a file the lines in the file are executed as if they were typed at the command line.