On 2008-07-13T15:21:21-0400, Allan Wind wrote: > Finally, you could check for the error conditions before doing the cd: > > if [ -d $dir -a -x $dir ]; > then > echo cannot cd into $dir > else > cd $dir > fi Reverse the logic of course: if [ -d $dir -a -x $dir ]; then cd $dir else echo cannot cd into $dir fi /Allan