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Interesting i will try cd$OLDPWD and cd - &nbsp;both<br />
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Thanks
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Interesting i will try cd$OLDPWD and cd -  both

Thanks

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Thanks, <br />
cd - worked. no need to save unnecessary working dir first
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Thanks,
cd - worked. no need to save unnecessary working dir first

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curr_dir=`pwd`<br />
cd $dir<br />
##<br />
## &nbsp;Do some processing<br />
##<br />
cd $curr_dir<br />
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Is this inefficient way of restoring directory in bash script or is there some other standard way?
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curr_dir=`pwd`
cd $dir
##
##  Do some processing
##
cd $curr_dir


Is this inefficient way of restoring directory in bash script or is there some other standard way?

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