Commands tagged cd

if you cd into a directory then cd into another directory somewhere else then you run the cd - command you will go to the previous directory you was in!! To go back to the other directory just run it again. So if you are working in 2 different directories then this is the perfect command for you.

Since none of the systems I work on have readlink, this works cross-platform (everywhere has perl, right?).

Note: This will resolve links.

Usage:

I did not like two things in the submitted commands and fixed it here:

1) If I do cd - afterwards, I want to go back to the directory I've been before

2) If I call up without argument, I expect to go up one level

It is sad, that I need eval (at least in bash), but I think it's safe here.

eval is required, because in bash brace expansion happens before variable substitution, see http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Repeat_a_string#Using_printf

I realise that this is just a reiteration of another entry (regardless of whether I came up with all this all by myself), but I would like present my additional alias' in context as a method of managing your directories. Rather convenient.

An easy method to generate ISOs from CD/DVD media.

as alternative to cd $OLDPWD

Use shopt -s cdspell to correct the typos in the cd command

manage directory stack

switch to previous directory or toggle

Creates a directory and then cds into it directly

`up 3` will climb the directory tree by three steps. `up asdf` will do nothing, and returns exit code 1 as an error should.

I wrote this a long time ago, wondering why this wasn't floating around somewhere out there (at least not where I could find).. this seems much more simple than multiple aliases and can cd out of directories easier.

Change n directories up, without parameters change one up

This is like `cd -` but doesn't echo the new directory name, which is preferable (to me) for an alias, e.g.

work for execute file

Also resolves symlinks, showing the full path of the link target

Sometimes you need the full path to your script, regardless of how it was executed (which starting directory) in order to maintain other relative paths in the script.

If you attempt to just use something simple like:

you will only get the relative path depending on where you first executed the script from.

You can get the relative path to the script (from your starting point) by using dirname, but you actually have to change directories and print the working directory to get the absolute full path.

Usage: upto directory

Usage: jd dir

Requires globstar. To set globstar use:

The biggest advantage of this over the functions is that it is portable.

Put the function in your .bashrc and use "map [alias]" to create the alias you want. Just be careful to not override an existing alias.

Move efficiently between directories.

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This command adds a couple of extra features to cd, without affecting normal use.

CDPATH use is also unaffected. It introduces and environment variable CDDIR which is used as an alternate home directory.

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Note: I don't want to alter $HOME because then all my dot files will move.

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Examples:

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Change directory to "dir" (using CDPATH if necessary)

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Change directory to "dir" (containing folder of "file.txt")

This allows you to cut'n'paste, or use

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CDDIR is unset

Change directory to $HOME

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CDDIR=/home/flatcap/work

Change directory to /home/flatcap/work

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For convenience, put the command, and the following, in your .bashrc or .bash_profile

export CDDIR="/home/flatcap/work"

alias cdd="CDDIR=$(pwd)"

I submitted a command like this without $0 if $BASH_SOURCE is unset. Therefor, it did only work when using ./script, not using 'sh script'. This version handles both, and will set $mydir in a script to the current working directory. It also works on linux, osx and probably bsd.