Re: ca - New bash command proposal

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday 11 February 2009 23:38:10 Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
> I would like to propose a new command for bash:
>
> ca [path]
>
> It returns the canonical path based on the current working directory and
> entered path.
>
>
> If the current working directory has been traversed through a symbolic
> link, then listing a higher level path using dotdot's do not always show
> I am looking for. Below is a trivial example:

what's wrong with:
ca() { cd "$(readlink -f -- "$@")"; }
-mike

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