[ale] cd in bash or ksh, how to do this

[Richard Bronosky]

However, if you insist on making a cd replacement with that interface,
simplify it down to:
function cd () {
if [ -n "$2" ] ; then
  builtin  cd "${PWD/foo/bar}"
else
  builtin cd "$@"
fi
}

BTW, quoting is important! Directory names do often have spaces. So,
my previous reply should have been:
function ced () { nd="$(pwd | sed "$@")" && cd "$nd"; }

>> function cd () {
>>  if [ -n "$2" ] ; then
>>    nd=`pwd | sed 's/'$1'/'$2'/'`
>>    builtin  cd $nd
>>  else
>>    builtin cd $1
>>  fi
>> }
>>
>> bash$ cd /usr/lib/
>> bash$ pwd
>> /usr/lib
>> bash$ cd usr var
>> bash$ pwd
>> /var/lib

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