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Commands tagged cd

Terminal - Commands tagged cd - 30 results

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.

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.

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