Hack 3. Perform mkdir and cd using a single command

by Ramesh

Sometimes when you create a new directory, you may cd to the new directory immediately to perform some work as shown below.

# mkdir -p /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3
 
# cd /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3
 
# pwd
/tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3

Wouldn’t it be nice to combine both mkdir and cd in a single command? Add the following to the .bash_profile and re-login.

$ vi .bash_profile
 
function mkdircd () { mkdir -p "$@" && eval cd "\"\$$#\""; }
 
Now, perform both mkdir and cd at the same time using a single command as shown below:
 
# mkdircd /tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3
 
[Note: This creates the directory and cd to it automatically]
 
# pwd
/tmp/subdir1/subdir2/subdir3