emacsclient

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Open a new Emacs client frame in current tty.
# Set scratch buffer's default directory to where
# the client was launched from. And switch to scratch
# buffer.
dir=`pwd`
emacsclient -t --eval \
  "(with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create \"*scratch*\") (cd \"$dir\") (switch-to-buffer (current-buffer)))"

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# Alternatively, you can open dired from the client's launch directory.
emacsclient -t .