A simple Bash question to test your terminal skills

Water Cooler
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Can you combine the following commands into one without using the directory name twice:

mkdir api
cd api

The answer is in the first comment of this post :slight_smile:

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mkdir api && cd $_
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I can save a character here!

mkdir api; cd $_

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I can save one more char, though I wouldn’t recommend it for readability reasons :slight_smile:
mkdir api;cd $_

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Permanent function (.bashrc):
function mkcd { command mkdir $1 && cd $1 }

zsh:
take 'dirname'

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