Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 1267478
cd: -e: invalid option
Last modified: 2017-08-01 16:32:05 EDT
Description of problem: According to builtins(1) man page, bash 'cd' command has the following syntax that includes the option -e: cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [dir] ... If the -e option is supplied with -P, and the current working directory cannot be successfully determined after a successful directory change, cd will return an unsuccessful status. ... However, the option does not seem to be recognised by cd: $ cd -P -e somewhere bash: cd: -e: invalid option cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]]] [dir] Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): bash-4.2.46-12.el7.x86_64
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1931