useful shell functions

gistfile1.sh

mkcdir(){
    mkdir -p "$@"
    if [ "$1" = "-p" ]; then
        cd "$2"
    else
        cd "$1"
    fi
}
mvcd () {
    err () { echo "mvcd: ERROR: $*" >&2 }
    [ $# -lt 2 ] && { err "too few arguments"; return 1; }
    eval 'local newdir=$'"$#"
    [ -d $newdir ] || { err "$newdir is not a directory"; return 1; }
    mv "$@"
    cd $newdir || { err "cannot get into $newdir directory"; return 1; }
}