Re: ca - New bash command proposal

[Andreas Schwab]

Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:

> 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 "$(readlink -f -- "$@")"; }

ca() { (cd "$@" && pwd -P); }

Andreas.

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