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Add Change To That New Directory as a unix til

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For a steady stream of TILs from a variety of rocketeers, checkout
[til.hashrocket.com](https://til.hashrocket.com/).
_529 TILs and counting..._
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- [All The Environment Variables](unix/all-the-environment-variables.md)
- [Cat A File With Line Numbers](unix/cat-a-file-with-line-numbers.md)
- [Change Default Shell For A User](unix/change-default-shell-for-a-user.md)
- [Change To That New Directory](unix/change-to-that-new-directory.md)
- [Check If A Port Is In Use](unix/check-if-a-port-is-in-use.md)
- [Check The Current Working Directory](unix/check-the-current-working-directory.md)
- [Clear The Screen](unix/clear-the-screen.md)

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# Change To That New Directory
The `$_` variable provided by bash is always set to the last argument of the
previous command. One handy use of this is for changing directories into a
newly created directory.
```bash
$ mkdir new_dir && cd $_
```
This command will leave you in your newly created directory, `new_dir`.
We can imagine using this bash variable in a number of similar scenarios as
well. What if we are using some language specific command that creates a
directory? Will it work with create a new Phoenix or Rails project?
It sure will.
Give it a try with Phoenix:
```bash
mix phx.new my_app && cd $_
```
or with Rails:
```bash
rails new app && cd $_
```
[source](http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_02.html)