Why not put something like this in your .bashrc or your .profile file instead?
function bd () {
OLDPWD=`pwd`
NEWPWD=`echo $OLDPWD | sed 's|\(.*/'$1'[^/]*/\).*|\1|'`
index=`echo $NEWPWD | awk '{ print index($1,"/'$1'"); }'`
if [ $index -eq 0 ] ; then
echo "No such occurrence."
else
echo $NEWPWD
cd "$NEWPWD"
fi
}
That way you don't have to execute a separate shell script and source its output. Also note that the "export OLDPWD" wasn't necessary in your script, either. Why pollute the environment of future processes spawned by your shell?
function bd () {
}That way you don't have to execute a separate shell script and source its output. Also note that the "export OLDPWD" wasn't necessary in your script, either. Why pollute the environment of future processes spawned by your shell?