mcd needs to be a shell built-in function

mcd.md

mcd

I see this code used in so many README files and I always scratch my head...

mkdir myAppName
cd myAppName

This is perhaps the simplest possible function you can write in bash, and should be a built-in function:

mcd () {
	mkdir $1
	cd $1
}

So instead of the above, you simple type:

mcd myAppName

... and you have both created a directory and navigated into it.

All you have to do is add that function to your profile, which is one of the following:

• ~/.bashrc
• ~/.bash_profile
• ~/.zshrc
• ~/.zsh_profile
• ~/.profile

Add that function to any of those files you have in your $HOME directory!