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Created November 23, 2010 19:01
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mkcd command - how to create a directory using mkdir and cd in one step
#
# mkcd command
# This is an improvised version of the mkcd command at http://superuser.com/questions/152794/is-there-a-shortcut-to-mkdir-foo-and-immediately-cd-into-it
# This function has to be added to the ~/.bashrc file
# After that you can run command like: mkdir abc, mkdir -p one/two/three
#
function mkcd {
last=$(eval "echo \$$#")
if [ ! -n "$last" ]; then
echo "Enter a directory name"
elif [ -d $last ]; then
echo "\`$last' already exists"
else
mkdir $@ && cd $last
fi
}
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Diamo-B commented Oct 19, 2022

Thanks man

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zefir-git commented Jun 17, 2024

function mkcd() {
    mkdir -p $@ && cd $@;
}

or you can actually just use

mkdir anything && cd $_

mkdir -p allows you to create parent dirs and also doesnt error if a dir already exists, meaning that you can still mkcd even if the dir already exists (effectively just cd)

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