Commands using cd (215)

  • WSL: Change the current directory converting a Windows path to a Linux Path

    The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a compatibility layer for running binary Linux executables natively in Windows. A folder such as "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files" is represented as "/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files". This function allows you to change the current directory to a Windows folder. Show Sample Output


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    function _cd() { local dir; dir="$(sed -e 's~\([a-z]\):~/mnt/\L\1~gi' <<< "${*//'\'/"/"}" )"; if [ -d "$dir" ]; then cd "$dir" || exit; fi; }
    mikhail · 2019-06-06 17:53:28 41
  • Autocomplete directories (CWDs) of other ZSH processes (MacOS version)

    MacOS Solution due to lack of pidof command and procfs on MacOS Kernel. Show Sample Output


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    function _xterm_cwds() { for pid in $(pgrep -x zsh); do reply+=$(lsof -p $pid | grep cwd | awk '{print $9}') done }; function xcd() { cd $1 }; compctl -K _xterm_cwds xcd
    cdiehl · 2019-06-15 02:26:11 35
  • Add timestamp of photos created by the “predictive capture” feature of Sony's Xperia camera app at the beginning of the filename

    The “predictive capture” feature of Sony's Xperia camera app hides the date stamp deeply inside the filename. This command adds another date stamp at the beginning of the filename. Show Sample Output


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    (setopt CSH_NULL_GLOB; cd /path/to/Camera\ Uploads; for i in DSCPDC_000*; do mv -v $i "$(echo $i | perl -lpe 's/(DSCPDC_[0-9]{4}_BURST)([0-9]{4})([0-9]{2})([0-9]{2})/$2-$3-$4 $1$2$3$4/')"; done)
    langec · 2020-04-12 06:20:59 179
  • Go back to the previous directory.


    -1
    cd -
    m13a · 2009-02-06 09:35:18 11
  • find unmaintained ports that are installed on your system

    only works for freeBSD where ports are installed in /usr/ports credit to http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsTasks


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    cd /usr/ports; grep -F "`for o in \`pkg_info -qao\` ; \ do echo "|/usr/ports/${o}|" ; done`" `make -V INDEXFILE` | \ grep -i \|ports@freebsd.org\| | cut -f 2 -d \|
    grep · 2009-02-16 21:07:35 8
  • Run a second copy of Firefox using the same profile on Mac OS X


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    (cd /Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS; ./firefox-bin -p default --no-remote)
    DEinspanjer · 2009-02-18 21:35:02 5
  • Copy files from one dir to another using tar.

    Add z to the flags to enable compression.


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    tar cf - . | (cd /new/dir; tar xvf -)
    jauderho · 2009-03-09 20:30:34 12
  • Generate CHECK TABLE statements for all MySQL database tables on a server

    This command will generate "CHECK TABLE `db_name.table_name` ;" statements for all tables present in databases on a MySQL server, which can be piped into the mysql command. (Can also be altered to perform OPTIMIZE and REPAIR functions.) Tested on MySQL 4.x and 5.x systems in a Linux environment under bash. Show Sample Output


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    DD=`cat /etc/my.cnf | sed "s/#.*//g;" | grep datadir | tr '=' ' ' | gawk '{print $2;}'` && ( cd $DD ; find . -mindepth 2 | grep -v db\.opt | sed 's/\.\///g; s/\....$//g; s/\//./;' | sort | uniq | tr '/' '.' | gawk '{print "CHECK TABLE","`"$1"`",";";}' )
    atcroft · 2009-07-25 03:42:31 15
  • search for a file in PATH

    search argument in PATH accept grep expressions without args, list all binaries found in PATH Show Sample Output


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    function sepath { echo $PATH |tr ":" "\n" |sort -u |while read L ; do cd "$L" 2>/dev/null && find . \( ! -name . -prune \) \( -type f -o -type l \) 2>/dev/null |sed "s@^\./@@" |egrep -i "${*}" |sed "s@^@$L/@" ; done ; }
    mobidyc · 2009-09-11 15:03:22 5
  • wget, tar xzvf, cd, ls

    Combines a few repetitive tasks when compiling source code. Especially useful when a hypen in a file-name breaks tab completion. 1.) wget source.tar.gz 2.) tar xzvf source.tar.gz 3.) cd source 4.) ls From there you can run ./configure, make and etc. Show Sample Output


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    wtzc () { wget "$@"; foo=`echo "$@" | sed 's:.*/::'`; tar xzvf $foo; blah=`echo $foo | sed 's:,*/::'`; bar=`echo $blah | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/' -e 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'`; cd $bar; ls; }
    oshazard · 2010-01-17 11:25:47 3
  • Place the argument of the most recent command on the shell

    using "!$" will save another ton of typing than 'ALT+.' or ' .' Show Sample Output


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    cd !$
    YCFlame · 2010-08-26 08:51:01 3
  • Gecko-rendered javascript without a GUI

    some other options: &delay=1000 &mode=links much more with piggybank as scraper works well with your favourite curses or non-curses http clients


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    svn co http://simile.mit.edu/repository/crowbar/trunk&& cd ./trunk/xulapp/ xulrunner --install-app && Xvfb :1 && DISPLAY=:1 xulrunner application.ini 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null && wget -O- "127.0.0.1:10000/&url=http://www.facebook.com"
    argv · 2010-10-16 05:12:11 3
  • Go to next dir

    Add dirs to list: pushd /tmp /tmp ~ then cd - /home/user cd - /tmp


    -1
    cd -
    magicjohnson_ · 2011-07-05 05:28:32 6
  • change dir to n-th dir that you listed

    Replace the head -1 with head -n that is the n-th item you want to go to. Replace the head with tail, go to the last dir you listed. You also can change the parameters of ls.


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    cd $(ls -ltr|grep ^d|head -1|sed 's:.*\ ::g'|tail -1)
    timothyhmchen101 · 2011-08-10 03:39:35 2
  • Jump to any directory above the current


    -1
    jda() { cd $(pwd | sed "s/\(\/$@\/\).*/\1/g"); }
    saibbot · 2011-10-05 21:14:57 5
  • Spotlight Server Disabled


    -1
    cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons; sudo launchctl load -w com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
    evandrix · 2012-05-16 15:42:10 4
  • free some harddrive space by garbage collecting in all your git repos

    Assumes you've cd'd to the folder in which all your git repos reside; you could run it from ~ without -maxdepth, although that might make find take quite a while longer. If you have several processor cores, but not that much ram, you might want to run git config --global pack.threads 1 first, since gc-ing can eat lots of ram. Show Sample Output


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    find . -maxdepth 2 -type d -name '.git' -print0 | while read -d ''; do (cd "$REPLY"; git gc); done
    unhammer · 2012-11-07 08:38:33 4
  • Stores current working directory before exit and restores it on a new bash start

    this command will add the following two lines into the ~/.bash_aliases: alias exit='pwd > ~/.lastdir;exit' [ -n "$(cat .lastdir 2>/dev/null)" ] && cd "$(cat .lastdir)" or redirect it to the ~/.bashrc if you like Donno, I find it usefull. You may also define an alias for 'cd ~' like - alias cdh='cd ~'


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    echo -e 'alias exit='\''pwd > ~/.lastdir;exit'\''\n[ -n "$(cat .lastdir 2>/dev/null)" ] && cd "$(cat .lastdir)"' >> ~/.bash_aliases
    ichbins · 2014-01-28 18:02:04 6
  • Directly change directory without having to specify drive letter change command

    In the Windows cmd.exe window, you can change the directory using cd, but if you need to go to a directory on another drive, you need to type in the drive letter and colon first (e.g. d:). With the /d on cd, you don't need this intermediate step. cd /? Tested on Windows XP Show Sample Output


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    cd /d d:\Windows
    piyo · 2009-02-13 16:06:48 10
  • Quick alias for playing music.

    An alias i made for myself to play music in a faster way. Works great when you have Guake / Tilda installed (Console that drops down like in the game QUAKE) --- I put this in my bash_alias file (I'm on ubuntu, the bash_alias file does autostart with the right config) but it works putting it in bashrc too. Or anything that autostarts when the console is opened. --- Needs Mplayer and music files to work. With out music theres nothing to play! Oh, and also, without modification, this alias will try to play stuff from your ~/Music folder! (case sensitive). Make sure that folder exists and has music OR edit this alias to fit your needs. Show Sample Output


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    alias mux='clear && cd ~/Music/ && ls && echo -n "File> " && read msi && mplayer ~/Music/$msi'
    Noxn · 2009-03-23 10:45:27 16
  • Bulk copy large blocks of data between File Systems (run as root iff you do not own all of the files!)

    Using tape archive create a tar file in Stdout (-) and pipe that into a compound command to extract the tar file from Stdin at the destination. This similar to "Copy via tar pipe ...", but copies across file systems boundaries. I prefer to use cp -pr for copying within the same file system. Show Sample Output


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    tar cpof - src |( cd des; tar xpof -)
    davidpotter42 · 2009-09-20 20:43:30 3
  • Remove current directory

    CHANGELOG Version 1.1 removedir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=$(echo "$PWD" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'); foo=$(basename "$blah"); rm -Rf ../$foo/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; } BUG FIX: Folders with spaces Version 1.0 removedir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=`basename $PWD`; rm -Rf ../$blah/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; } BUG FIX: Hidden directories (.dotdirectory) Version 0.9 rmdir () { echo "You are about to delete the current directory $PWD. Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=`basename $PWD`; rm -Rf ../$blah/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; } Removes current directory with recursive and force flags plus basic human check. When prompted type yes 1. [user@host ~]$ ls foo bar 2. [user@host ~]$ cd foo 3. [user@host foo]$ removedir 4. yes 5. rm -Rf foo/ 6. [user@host ~]$ 7. [user@host ~]$ ls bar Show Sample Output


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    removedir () { echo "Deleting the current directory $PWD Are you sure?"; read human; if [[ "$human" = "yes" ]]; then blah=$(echo "$PWD" | sed 's/ /\\ /g'); foo=$(basename "$blah"); rm -Rf ../$foo/ && cd ..; else echo "I'm watching you" | pv -qL 10; fi; }
    oshazard · 2010-01-17 11:34:38 31
  • Update many subversion projects which reside in one directory

    If you have a directory with many working copies of various subversion projects and you want to update them all at once, this one may be for you. Show Sample Output


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    for d in $(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name '[^.]*'); do cd "$d"; svn up; cd ..; done
    udog · 2010-05-28 10:09:19 3
  • sshdo, an alternative to sudo

    Run program as root by SSH key forwarding instead of sudoers. Put this alias line in .bashrc or wherever you like. Alias arguments might need extra escaping. You might wonder about security. But you'd block out root login as much as possible of course. In sshd_config you put this: PermitRootLogin no Match Address 127.0.0.1   PermitRootLogin without-password


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    alias sshdo='ssh -q -t root@localhost -- cd $PWD \&\& sudo'
    darkfader · 2010-10-20 22:33:22 8
  • Find out the starting directory of a script

    I think this is the cleanest way of getting the current working directory of a script. It also works on osx, Linux, and probably bsd as well..


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    current_dir=$(cd $(dirname $BASH_SOURCE);pwd)
    xeor · 2011-04-18 09:24:14 3
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