how do you change into another directory in a shell script

Asked Feb 08 '23 at 15:33

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how do change directory 'cd' into another directory in a shell script

i notice that when i run the shell script, it doesnt switch directories.

Can anyone help please

sudo yum update
sudo dnf groupinstall 'development tools'
sudo dnf -y install bzip2 wget gcc gcc-c++ gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel make
wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/gcc-10.2.0/gcc-10.2.0.tar.xz
tar -xvf gcc-10.2.0.tar.xz
cd gcc-10.2.0
./configure --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib

edited Feb 08 '23 at 15:34

slaakso

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asked Feb 08 '23 at 15:33

folay

The subshell which runs the script does change directory, but that doesn't affect the parent shell from which you ran it. – tripleee Feb 08 '23 at 15:39
how about `cd gcc-10.2.0 && ./configure --enable-languages=c,c++ --disable-multilib` – Golam Moula Feb 08 '23 at 15:50

how do you change into another directory in a shell script

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