Re: cd with multiple arguments?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:

> 2010-12-13, 12:04(+00), Marc Herbert:
> [...]
> > > True, bash does not come with a vast library of ready-to-use functions.
> >
> > Neither is there any such "reference" library available externally. Or
> > is there?
>
> Yes, they're called "commands" or "programs" or "software".
>
> People tend to forget that before all a shell is a command line
> interpreter.
>
> If you're finding yourself writing complex shell functions that
> don't make use of external commands, then you're heading the
> wrong direction with your shell, or you are heading in one
> direction with the wrong medium (i.e. you need a programming
> language, not a shell).

  I stongly disagree with that statement. The shell *is* a programming
  language, especially with the extensions in bash.

  In recent years I have stopped using any other language; the shell
  is more than adequate for all my programming needs.

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   Chris F.A. Johnson, <http://cfajohnson.com>
   Author:
   Pro Bash Programming: Scripting the GNU/Linux Shell (2009, Apress)
   Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)