Good. On Mar 17, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > Yes. Good tip if I wanted to stay in the Mac environment. I want, however, > to have this work in the terminal. I guess I should have mentioned that but, > I thought it was implied. At any rate, my problem is solved and I am off to > the races using less keystrokes to accomplish my goals. > > Jeff > > On 2011-03-17, at 1:14 PM, louie wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> louie >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> louie >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> louie >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> louie >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >
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