I vote for creating a « mkcd » alias !!

danwills · on April 22, 2021

Here's my answer to that, an 'nd' (newdir?) alias that calls this python script:

https://github.com/danwills/shell-scripts/blob/bb989985d270c...

This makes all directories with names provided by args, including spaces and multiple levels (slashes) at once. It then enters the resulting directory as well (when aliased including 'cd' as advised in the comment).

thunderbong · on April 22, 2021

  # create a directory in the current directory and cd to it

  function mkcd() { mkdir -p "$@" && eval cd "\"\$$#\""; }

teddyh · on April 22, 2021

Why the eval? This works fine for me:

  mkcd(){ mkdir --parents -- "$@" && cd -- "$@"; }