Bash problems with cd

Hi,

I'm having problems with a bash script I wrote and have never been able to figure this part out.

Whenever I put a cd <somedir> into a bash script it will change to that dir for the duration of the script. But, when the script is done executing I'm back in the same dir I was when I executed the script.

I assume then that there is some specific command that you need to use in order to make the change stick, I just have never been able to find it.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

#!/bin/bash
dir=`pwd`
<your bash script>
cd $dir

I think he meant the opposite of that. Setting the cwd in a shell script.
You can use:

to execute the script in the running shell instead of spawning a new one.