Need help creating an alias in korn shell

Question

I am stuck on trying to create an alias that will cd back a directory, make a new directory with a given name and then cd into it. Here is what I have so far:

alias cdmk="cd .. | mkdir '$1' | cd '$1'"

I just want to be able to type cdmk and then the name of the new directory I want to create and cd into.

Any help you can give would be much appreciated!

Use a function. This has been answered [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/941338/how-to-pass-command-line-arguments-to-a-shell-alia](here). — Neil Masson, Dec 03 '15 at 14:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 14:21

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Just use a function:

cdmk() {
    local new_dir="../$1"
    mkdir "$new_dir" && cd "$new_dir"
}

Using && means that if creating the directory fails, changing to it is not attempted.

answered Dec 03 '15 at 14:21

Tom Fenech

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Thank you! Can I enter this straight into my .profile? – Jack Dec 03 '15 at 14:38
You have my express permission `;-)` – Tom Fenech Dec 03 '15 at 14:39
Seems to come up with "Syntax error: `(' is not expected." when I try and run it... Any idea why? – Jack Dec 03 '15 at 14:45
Sounds like an error possibly related to line endings - you need to make sure that your `.profile` has the correct line endings for the platform you're using (i.e. not Windows-style ones). – Tom Fenech Dec 03 '15 at 14:58
@Jack, how did you _try and run it_? – Armali Aug 01 '17 at 06:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 03 '15 at 14:21

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You need a function :

cdmk () { cd ..;mkdir "${1}";cd "${1}"; }

answered Dec 03 '15 at 14:21

emesika

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When I enter this into my .profile and touch it, it comes up with "Syntax error: `(' is not expected". Any idea why? Thanks! – Jack Dec 03 '15 at 14:51
@Jack, what do you mean by _touch it_? – Armali Aug 01 '17 at 06:15

Need help creating an alias in korn shell

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