Jeff,
To cut down on typing go to the folder that you want to be in and Make a Alias.

 On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:

> I was looking for a way to cut down on my typing.  Some times the changing of 
> directories can get quite tedious with a large directory structure of a 
> website.  I've solved it now and will begin making additional shortcuts.
> Jeff
> 
> On 2011-03-17, at 12:57 PM, louie wrote:
> 
>> Jeff,
>> While in the finder press shift + command + g. Then type in the path you 
>> want to go to.
>> 
>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>> 
>>> The entire point of the script is to dump me there so I can continue on 
>>> doing stuff.
>>> 
>>> I have done some searching on the internet and found a way to make this 
>>> happen.
>>> 
>>> I was running my script with the following line:
>>> 
>>> sh websites (websites being the filename)
>>> 
>>> If I run it with the following command, it leaves me there when done:
>>> 
>>> . websites (a dot before the name | websites still being the filename)
>>> 
>>> Sometimes you just have to stumble on to an answer to figure it out.
>>> 
>>> Thanks all for reading through.
>>> 
>>> Jeff
>>> 
>>> On 2011-03-17, at 12:35 PM, louie wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You will be in /webserver/documents as long as the script is running.
>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> As said, I created the file.  I chmod 755 so it is executable.  I have 
>>>>> added an echo line which tells me the script is executing fine.  However, 
>>>>> when the script is over I am left in the same directory - my ~jeff 
>>>>> directory.  Is there a reason why a script could not change to the 
>>>>> mentioned directory?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thx,
>>>>> Jeff
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2011-03-17, at 12:11 PM, louie wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jeff,
>>>>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents
>>>>>> runs fine in terminal.
>>>>>> Give us a bit more details.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mar 17, 2011, at 7:51 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I'm trying to create a unix executable file to change to a commonly 
>>>>>>> used directory on my computer.  I can't, however, get it to run.  Can 
>>>>>>> anybody assist?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have created a file that contains:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ******
>>>>>>> #/bin/bash
>>>>>>> cd /library/webserver/documents
>>>>>>> *****
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have also tried creating it without the #!/bin/bash line at the top.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have done a chmod 755 on the file but, I cannot get it to run.  Are 
>>>>>>> there any steps I am missing?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thx,
>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>> 
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