How to extend a bash built-in but still use it within the new function?

Fri Jul 3 09:24:14 UTC 2020

On Thu, 2020-07-02 at 13:10 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I want to extend the 'cd' command slightly so that I can execute some
> specific actions when entering (and leaving) a particular directory
> hierarchy.
> 
> So I need to create a bash function called 'cd' to do this, but I
> still need to call the underlying bash built-in cd.  Is there any way
> of doing this?

Yes. Read "man bash" and look in the "SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS" section
for the "builtin" command.

Regards, K.

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