Change the current directory from a Bash script

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When you start your script, a new process is created that only inherits your environment. When it ends, it ends. Your current environment stays as it is.

Instead, you can start your script like this:

. myscript.sh

The . will evaluate the script in the current environment, so it might be altered

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