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I am trying to assign a directory name to a variable and use that variable to create and change the directory.

dir_name='tmp'

mkdir $dir_name

cd $dir_name

How to change directory?

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answered 2 Years ago raldership · Accepted Answer

Executing bash test.sh or ./test.sh creates a child bash process to execute your script, with a separate working directory.

You can instead use source test.sh or the shorter equivalent . test.sh to run the script in the existing bash instance and environment.