How to make `cd dir/filename` take me to dir/?
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I would find it very convenient to be able to use cd with a file argument.
cd myDirectory/anyname.anyExtension
would be equivalent tocd myDirectory/
What would be the best alias or function to achieve this behavior ?
EDIT:
Sorry I didn't mention it in the 1st place: I use zsh
shell cd-command
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
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I would find it very convenient to be able to use cd with a file argument.
cd myDirectory/anyname.anyExtension
would be equivalent tocd myDirectory/
What would be the best alias or function to achieve this behavior ?
EDIT:
Sorry I didn't mention it in the 1st place: I use zsh
shell cd-command
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
312310
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8
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up vote
8
down vote
favorite
I would find it very convenient to be able to use cd with a file argument.
cd myDirectory/anyname.anyExtension
would be equivalent tocd myDirectory/
What would be the best alias or function to achieve this behavior ?
EDIT:
Sorry I didn't mention it in the 1st place: I use zsh
shell cd-command
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
312310
I would find it very convenient to be able to use cd with a file argument.
cd myDirectory/anyname.anyExtension
would be equivalent tocd myDirectory/
What would be the best alias or function to achieve this behavior ?
EDIT:
Sorry I didn't mention it in the 1st place: I use zsh
shell cd-command
shell cd-command
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
312310
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
312310
edited May 22 '13 at 13:26
asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
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asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
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asked May 17 '13 at 16:39
Sébastien
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In zsh, I often do:
cd /path/to/somefile(:h)
(h for head).
If somefile is a symlink, you can also do:
cd somefile(:A:h)
To get to the directory where the target of the symlink may be found.
The zsh equivalent of Chris' now bash-only solution would be:
cd() [[ -d $argv[-1] ]]
In zsh, you can also redefine what "words" Ctrl-W removes.
In zsh, "words" in the context of the word-based motion/transpose/delete widgets are sequences of alnums plus the characters in the $WORDCHARS variable which by default includes /.
You could remove / from $WORDCHARS so that Ctrl-W only deletes one path component:
WORDCHARS=$WORDCHARS//
Another useful extension is the select-word-style widget which you can use to interactively choose between different word styles.
autoload select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey 'ew' select-word-style
Then pressing Alt-W allows you to choose between different word styles.
$ cd /blah/blih<Alt-W>
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching
?
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power ofzshand word styles. Thank you also for thezshcommand. It does the job perfectly.
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
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I assume you still want to retain the original functionality if you input a directory, and you are using bash.
cd()
local file="$!#"
if (( "$#" )) && ! [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
builtin cd "$@:1:($#-1)" "$file%/*"
else
builtin cd "$@"
fi
If you are never going to use cd's options (-P, etc), then this will also suffice:
cd() [ -z "$1" ]; then
builtin cd "$@"
else
builtin cd "$1%/*"
fi
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
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if you change the function name to cd make sure to addbuiltinin front of thecdcalls
– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preservescdoptions does not work withzsh. The simpler one works fine withzsh, BUTcdis no longer equivalent ascd ~:/
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on[ -z "$1" ]was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution forzsh.
– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
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You could use dirname to strip the filename from the path, e.g.
mycd() cd "$(dirname "$1")";
See man dirname.
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
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Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
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If you add this to your .profile, then load it (source ~/.profile or log out and log in again), then mycd [file or directory] will take you to the right directory:
mycd() if [ -d "$1" ]; then cd "$1"; else cd "$( dirname "$1" )"; fi ;
If you name it cd, then strange things will happen.
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
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answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
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This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon inzsh.
– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args tocd, like-P.
– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
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cd2()
arg=() dir= cmd= IFS=" " msg='[-L
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
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Given a directory called$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is usingzsh, notbash.
– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,cd '$(sudo reboot)'would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.
– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
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5 Answers
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5 Answers
5
active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
5
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accepted
In zsh, I often do:
cd /path/to/somefile(:h)
(h for head).
If somefile is a symlink, you can also do:
cd somefile(:A:h)
To get to the directory where the target of the symlink may be found.
The zsh equivalent of Chris' now bash-only solution would be:
cd() [[ -d $argv[-1] ]]
In zsh, you can also redefine what "words" Ctrl-W removes.
In zsh, "words" in the context of the word-based motion/transpose/delete widgets are sequences of alnums plus the characters in the $WORDCHARS variable which by default includes /.
You could remove / from $WORDCHARS so that Ctrl-W only deletes one path component:
WORDCHARS=$WORDCHARS//
Another useful extension is the select-word-style widget which you can use to interactively choose between different word styles.
autoload select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey 'ew' select-word-style
Then pressing Alt-W allows you to choose between different word styles.
$ cd /blah/blih<Alt-W>
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching
?
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power ofzshand word styles. Thank you also for thezshcommand. It does the job perfectly.
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
In zsh, I often do:
cd /path/to/somefile(:h)
(h for head).
If somefile is a symlink, you can also do:
cd somefile(:A:h)
To get to the directory where the target of the symlink may be found.
The zsh equivalent of Chris' now bash-only solution would be:
cd() [[ -d $argv[-1] ]]
In zsh, you can also redefine what "words" Ctrl-W removes.
In zsh, "words" in the context of the word-based motion/transpose/delete widgets are sequences of alnums plus the characters in the $WORDCHARS variable which by default includes /.
You could remove / from $WORDCHARS so that Ctrl-W only deletes one path component:
WORDCHARS=$WORDCHARS//
Another useful extension is the select-word-style widget which you can use to interactively choose between different word styles.
autoload select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey 'ew' select-word-style
Then pressing Alt-W allows you to choose between different word styles.
$ cd /blah/blih<Alt-W>
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching
?
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power ofzshand word styles. Thank you also for thezshcommand. It does the job perfectly.
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
add a comment |
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
In zsh, I often do:
cd /path/to/somefile(:h)
(h for head).
If somefile is a symlink, you can also do:
cd somefile(:A:h)
To get to the directory where the target of the symlink may be found.
The zsh equivalent of Chris' now bash-only solution would be:
cd() [[ -d $argv[-1] ]]
In zsh, you can also redefine what "words" Ctrl-W removes.
In zsh, "words" in the context of the word-based motion/transpose/delete widgets are sequences of alnums plus the characters in the $WORDCHARS variable which by default includes /.
You could remove / from $WORDCHARS so that Ctrl-W only deletes one path component:
WORDCHARS=$WORDCHARS//
Another useful extension is the select-word-style widget which you can use to interactively choose between different word styles.
autoload select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey 'ew' select-word-style
Then pressing Alt-W allows you to choose between different word styles.
$ cd /blah/blih<Alt-W>
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching
?
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
In zsh, I often do:
cd /path/to/somefile(:h)
(h for head).
If somefile is a symlink, you can also do:
cd somefile(:A:h)
To get to the directory where the target of the symlink may be found.
The zsh equivalent of Chris' now bash-only solution would be:
cd() [[ -d $argv[-1] ]]
In zsh, you can also redefine what "words" Ctrl-W removes.
In zsh, "words" in the context of the word-based motion/transpose/delete widgets are sequences of alnums plus the characters in the $WORDCHARS variable which by default includes /.
You could remove / from $WORDCHARS so that Ctrl-W only deletes one path component:
WORDCHARS=$WORDCHARS//
Another useful extension is the select-word-style widget which you can use to interactively choose between different word styles.
autoload select-word-style
zle -N select-word-style
bindkey 'ew' select-word-style
Then pressing Alt-W allows you to choose between different word styles.
$ cd /blah/blih<Alt-W>
Word styles (hit return for more detail):
(b)ash (n)ormal (s)hell (w)hitespace (d)efault (q)uit
(B), (N), (S), (W) as above with subword matching
?
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
edited May 18 '13 at 20:41
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
answered May 17 '13 at 18:14
Stéphane Chazelas
297k54561907
297k54561907
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power ofzshand word styles. Thank you also for thezshcommand. It does the job perfectly.
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
add a comment |
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power ofzshand word styles. Thank you also for thezshcommand. It does the job perfectly.
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Interesting. (I use zsh too).
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:17
Very interesting edit on the power of
zsh and word styles. Thank you also for the zsh command. It does the job perfectly.– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
Very interesting edit on the power of
zsh and word styles. Thank you also for the zsh command. It does the job perfectly.– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:33
add a comment |
up vote
15
down vote
I assume you still want to retain the original functionality if you input a directory, and you are using bash.
cd()
local file="$!#"
if (( "$#" )) && ! [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
builtin cd "$@:1:($#-1)" "$file%/*"
else
builtin cd "$@"
fi
If you are never going to use cd's options (-P, etc), then this will also suffice:
cd() [ -z "$1" ]; then
builtin cd "$@"
else
builtin cd "$1%/*"
fi
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
4
if you change the function name to cd make sure to addbuiltinin front of thecdcalls
– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preservescdoptions does not work withzsh. The simpler one works fine withzsh, BUTcdis no longer equivalent ascd ~:/
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on[ -z "$1" ]was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution forzsh.
– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
add a comment |
up vote
15
down vote
I assume you still want to retain the original functionality if you input a directory, and you are using bash.
cd()
local file="$!#"
if (( "$#" )) && ! [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
builtin cd "$@:1:($#-1)" "$file%/*"
else
builtin cd "$@"
fi
If you are never going to use cd's options (-P, etc), then this will also suffice:
cd() [ -z "$1" ]; then
builtin cd "$@"
else
builtin cd "$1%/*"
fi
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
4
if you change the function name to cd make sure to addbuiltinin front of thecdcalls
– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preservescdoptions does not work withzsh. The simpler one works fine withzsh, BUTcdis no longer equivalent ascd ~:/
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on[ -z "$1" ]was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution forzsh.
– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
add a comment |
up vote
15
down vote
up vote
15
down vote
I assume you still want to retain the original functionality if you input a directory, and you are using bash.
cd()
local file="$!#"
if (( "$#" )) && ! [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
builtin cd "$@:1:($#-1)" "$file%/*"
else
builtin cd "$@"
fi
If you are never going to use cd's options (-P, etc), then this will also suffice:
cd() [ -z "$1" ]; then
builtin cd "$@"
else
builtin cd "$1%/*"
fi
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
I assume you still want to retain the original functionality if you input a directory, and you are using bash.
cd()
local file="$!#"
if (( "$#" )) && ! [[ -d "$file" ]]; then
builtin cd "$@:1:($#-1)" "$file%/*"
else
builtin cd "$@"
fi
If you are never going to use cd's options (-P, etc), then this will also suffice:
cd() [ -z "$1" ]; then
builtin cd "$@"
else
builtin cd "$1%/*"
fi
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
edited May 22 '13 at 14:19
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:07
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
78.5k13187200
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if you change the function name to cd make sure to addbuiltinin front of thecdcalls
– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preservescdoptions does not work withzsh. The simpler one works fine withzsh, BUTcdis no longer equivalent ascd ~:/
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on[ -z "$1" ]was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution forzsh.
– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
add a comment |
4
if you change the function name to cd make sure to addbuiltinin front of thecdcalls
– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preservescdoptions does not work withzsh. The simpler one works fine withzsh, BUTcdis no longer equivalent ascd ~:/
– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on[ -z "$1" ]was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution forzsh.
– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
4
4
if you change the function name to cd make sure to add
builtin in front of the cd calls– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
if you change the function name to cd make sure to add
builtin in front of the cd calls– Ulrich Dangel
May 17 '13 at 17:22
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
@Chris: You assumed right ;) Thanks for this ready to use function
– Sébastien
May 18 '13 at 9:21
The version that preserves
cd options does not work with zsh. The simpler one works fine with zsh, BUT cd is no longer equivalent as cd ~ :/– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
The version that preserves
cd options does not work with zsh. The simpler one works fine with zsh, BUT cd is no longer equivalent as cd ~ :/– Sébastien
May 22 '13 at 13:24
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Sebastien Try now, I think that should fix that.
– Chris Down
May 22 '13 at 14:20
@Chris, indeed adding a check on
[ -z "$1" ] was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution for zsh.– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
@Chris, indeed adding a check on
[ -z "$1" ] was sufficient. I have accepted Stephane's answer to give it more visibility, as it seems to be the best solution for zsh.– Sébastien
May 23 '13 at 8:18
add a comment |
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7
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You could use dirname to strip the filename from the path, e.g.
mycd() cd "$(dirname "$1")";
See man dirname.
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
3
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
You could use dirname to strip the filename from the path, e.g.
mycd() cd "$(dirname "$1")";
See man dirname.
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
3
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
add a comment |
up vote
7
down vote
up vote
7
down vote
You could use dirname to strip the filename from the path, e.g.
mycd() cd "$(dirname "$1")";
See man dirname.
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
You could use dirname to strip the filename from the path, e.g.
mycd() cd "$(dirname "$1")";
See man dirname.
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
answered May 17 '13 at 16:44
Adrian Frühwirth
1,6191014
1,6191014
3
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
add a comment |
3
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
3
3
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
Note that if you input a directory, this will change to the directory above that directory, which may not be desired (it's unclear from the question whether this is desired or not).
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 18:08
1
1
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
@ChrisDown True, but I left that as an exercise to the reader and your answer shows how to deal with it.
– Adrian Frühwirth
May 17 '13 at 18:10
1
1
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
@AdrianFrühwirth An exercise! Hah!
– user13742
May 17 '13 at 18:24
add a comment |
up vote
3
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If you add this to your .profile, then load it (source ~/.profile or log out and log in again), then mycd [file or directory] will take you to the right directory:
mycd() if [ -d "$1" ]; then cd "$1"; else cd "$( dirname "$1" )"; fi ;
If you name it cd, then strange things will happen.
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
1
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon inzsh.
– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args tocd, like-P.
– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
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If you add this to your .profile, then load it (source ~/.profile or log out and log in again), then mycd [file or directory] will take you to the right directory:
mycd() if [ -d "$1" ]; then cd "$1"; else cd "$( dirname "$1" )"; fi ;
If you name it cd, then strange things will happen.
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
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1
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon inzsh.
– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args tocd, like-P.
– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
add a comment |
up vote
3
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up vote
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If you add this to your .profile, then load it (source ~/.profile or log out and log in again), then mycd [file or directory] will take you to the right directory:
mycd() if [ -d "$1" ]; then cd "$1"; else cd "$( dirname "$1" )"; fi ;
If you name it cd, then strange things will happen.
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
If you add this to your .profile, then load it (source ~/.profile or log out and log in again), then mycd [file or directory] will take you to the right directory:
mycd() if [ -d "$1" ]; then cd "$1"; else cd "$( dirname "$1" )"; fi ;
If you name it cd, then strange things will happen.
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
edited May 17 '13 at 17:38
Chris Down
78.5k13187200
78.5k13187200
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
answered May 17 '13 at 17:13
jwhitlock
42644
42644
1
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon inzsh.
– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args tocd, like-P.
– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
add a comment |
1
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon inzsh.
– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args tocd, like-P.
– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
1
1
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
This will break if the directory name contains whitespace, and you need a closing semicolon to terminate the command group. Edited it for you, hope you don't mind.
– Chris Down
May 17 '13 at 17:38
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon in
zsh.– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
@ChrisDown, though that's true of other shells, you don't need the closing semicolon in
zsh.– Stéphane Chazelas
May 18 '13 at 9:42
Also, this breaks if passing args to
cd, like -P.– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
Also, this breaks if passing args to
cd, like -P.– Chris Down
May 18 '13 at 11:37
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cd2()
arg=() dir= cmd= IFS=" " msg='[-L
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
Given a directory called$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is usingzsh, notbash.
– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,cd '$(sudo reboot)'would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.
– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
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0
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cd2()
arg=() dir= cmd= IFS=" " msg='[-L
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
Given a directory called$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is usingzsh, notbash.
– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,cd '$(sudo reboot)'would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.
– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
add a comment |
up vote
0
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up vote
0
down vote
cd2()
arg=() dir= cmd= IFS=" " msg='[-L
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
cd2()
arg=() dir= cmd= IFS=" " msg='[-L
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
edited Dec 5 at 7:19
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
answered Dec 2 at 1:27
ecwpz91
1012
1012
Given a directory called$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is usingzsh, notbash.
– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,cd '$(sudo reboot)'would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.
– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
add a comment |
Given a directory called$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is usingzsh, notbash.
– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,cd '$(sudo reboot)'would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.
– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
Given a directory called
$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is using zsh, not bash.– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Given a directory called
$(sudo reboot), this function may reboot the system. Also, the user is using zsh, not bash.– Kusalananda
Dec 2 at 9:34
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
Give any command $(sudo reboot), this function will reboot the system. Also, +1 I didn't notice 'zsh' initially - good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 3 at 23:57
No,
cd '$(sudo reboot)' would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
No,
cd '$(sudo reboot)' would change directory, while your function would try to evaluate the name.– Kusalananda
Dec 4 at 6:17
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
Ah, I see and made changes. Let me know if that works? Good catch.
– ecwpz91
Dec 5 at 7:21
add a comment |
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