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Commands tagged cd

Terminal - Commands tagged cd - 12 results

cd /some/usual/path; do-smth; cd ~; ln -s $(cd -) ./dirlink

2010-01-14 20:06:25

User: mechmind

Functions: cd ln

Tags: cd

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Use previous working directory in simple way [example]

You also can use $OLDPWD variable (some shells can use competition in that case)

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echo 'mkcd() { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$_"; }' >> ~/.bashrc

2010-01-13 09:37:56

User: phaidros

Functions: cd echo mkdir

Tags: bash cd mkdir bash tricks

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mkdir & cd into it as single command

combines mkdir and cd

added quotes around $_, thanx to flatcap!

function ..(){ for ((j=${1:-1},i=0;i<j;i++));do builtin cd ..;done;}

2010-01-02 08:36:12

User: bhepple

Functions: cd

Tags: cd

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cd up a number of levels

Instead of typing "cd ../../.." you can type ".. 3". For extremely lazy typists, you can add this alias:

alias ...=".. 2" ....=".. 3"

- so now you can write just .... !!!

NB the .. function needs to be "source"d or included in your startup scripts, perhaps .bashrc.

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alias burnaudiocd='mkdir ./temp && for i in *.[Mm][Pp]3;do mpg123 -w "./temp/${i%%.*}.wav" "$i";done;cdrecord -pad ./temp/* && rm -r ./temp'

2009-11-21 19:57:18

User: eightmillion

Functions: alias mpg123 rm

Tags: alias cd mp3 record CDDA burn

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Burn a directory of mp3s to an audio cd.

This uses mpg123 to convert the files to wav before burning, but you can use mplayer or mencoder or ffmpeg or lame with the --decode option, or whatever you like.

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alias ..="cd .." ...="cd ../.." ....="cd ../../.."

2009-11-04 01:39:29

User: KevinM

Functions: alias

Tags: cd

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Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.

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alias ..="cd .."; alias ...="cd ../.."; alias ....="cd ../../.."

2009-10-30 01:04:33

User: Tzunamii

Functions: alias

Tags: cd

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Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.

Change to your taste. Much quicker than having to add 'cd' every time. Add it to your .bashrc or .bash_profile.

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cd() { if [[ "$1" =~ ^\.\.+$ ]];then local a dir;a=${#1};while [ $a -ne 1 ];do dir=${dir}"../";((a--));done;builtin cd $dir;else builtin cd "$@";fi ;}

2009-10-29 21:43:51

User: eightmillion

Functions: cd

Tags: cd

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Go up multiple levels of directories quickly and easily.

This is a kind of wrapper around the shell builtin cd that allows a person to quickly go up several directories.

Instead of typing:

cd ../..

A user can type:

cd ...

Instead of:

cd ../../..

Type:

cd ....

Add another period and it goes up four levels. Adding more periods will take you up more levels.

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script_path=$(cd $(dirname $0);pwd)

2009-10-14 16:04:03

User: jgc

Functions: cd dirname

Tags: cd pwd PATH

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Get absolut path to your bash-script

Another way of doing it that's a bit clearer. I'm a fan of readable code.

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md () { mkdir -p "$@" && cd "$@"; }

2009-09-24 16:09:19

User: drewk

Functions: cd mkdir

Tags: bash cd function mkdir bash tricks

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Create a directory and change into it at the same time

How often do you make a directory (or series of directories) and then change into it to do whatever? 99% of the time that is what I do.

This BASH function 'md' will make the directory path then immediately change to the new directory. By using the 'mkdir -p' switch, the intermediate directories are created as well if they do not exist.

function qcd { useradd -No -s /bin/false -u 999 -g 999 -lf -1 -d $1 $2 ; }

2009-08-15 12:13:09

User: netizen

Functions: useradd

Tags: bash cd

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Add a directory with a name to /etc/passwd to get quick access using cd ~name

2009-03-23 03:12:40

User: veganstraightedg

Functions: cd

Tags: cd home,

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go to home directory

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alias ..='cd ..'

2009-03-20 09:57:28

User: eimantas

Functions: alias

Tags: bash unix shell cd

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Quicker move to parent directory

Alias two dots to move to parent directory. Put it into your .bashrc or .profile file.