mine's called cdd, and it's a little more complex: cdd () { case "$1" in */..|*/../) cd -- "$1";; # that doesn't make any sense unless the di

mine's called cdd, and it's a little more complex: cdd () { case "$1" in */..|*/../) cd -- "$1";; # that doesn't make any sense unless the directory already exists /*/../*) (cd "${1%/../*}/.." && mkdir -p "./${1##*/../}") && cd -- "$1";; /*) mkdir -p "$1" && cd "$1";; */../*) (cd "./${1%/../*}/.." && mkdir -p "./${1##*/../}") && cd "./$1";; ../*) (cd .. && mkdir -p "${1#.}") && cd "$1";; *) mkdir -p "./$1" && cd "./$1";; esac } https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/9124/4791 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/9124/4791