CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user1546454
user1546454

Reputation:

LINUX "CD" command does not work in shell script

I made a shell script that I want wherever it is to go to a directory. For example if the shell is in Downloads I want it to go to Desktop create there a folder go to that folder and many other thing but CD command does not work.

#!/bin/bash
cd Desktop

It says so:

setup.sh: 2: cd: can't cd to Desktop

I there a way to use it, please help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3339

Answers (2)

Wug
Wug

Reputation: 13196

Use an absolute path or, even better, an environment variable.

cd ~/Desktop

Upvotes: 1

Trevoke
Trevoke

Reputation: 4117

The 'cd' command is working great. It's telling you there's no 'Desktop' directory.

You need to provide a relative or absolute path to where that 'Desktop' directory is:

#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Desktop
cd /home/user/some/subdir/here/Desktop

Upvotes: 4

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