How to add a verbatim backslash in a newcommand?

Question

In the following example I would like to shortcut the \lstinline with a shorter command such as \cd (code). Unfortunately it does not work with backslashes:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{language=c}
\newcommand{\cd}[1]{\lstinline{#1}}

\begin{document}

\lstinline{\ } % This works
\cd{\ } % This doesn't work

\end{document}

In the above example, the \lstinline{\ } works, but with \cd the backslash does not work. How to fix this?

Answer 1

Just avoid passing the argument and define

\newcommand{\cd}{\lstinline}