cd into folders automagically?

hrdx · 2014-03-13 21:54:45

Is it possible to make bash treat typing in a folder name as cd + this folder name? I type cd all the time and it's sort of tiring. Also it would be nice to make bash also automatically xdg-open file names which are typed in, but are not folders.

Thanks.

WorMzy · 2014-03-13 21:58:41

Not sure about bash, but zsh has an option for this. It's called autocd.

EDIT: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manua … iltin.html

Last edited by WorMzy (2014-03-13 21:59:41)

Awebb · 2014-03-13 21:59:32

And then I create a file or folder with the same name as an executable and the joke is on you.

WorMzy · 2014-03-13 22:01:15

Awebb wrote:

And then I create a file or folder with the same name as an executable and the joke is on you.

Make a folder called cd.

hrdx · 2014-03-13 22:06:19

Awebb wrote:

And then I create a file or folder with the same name as an executable and the joke is on you.

You still need dot slash to launch a local executable, so i don't think those two would collide - besides, i can't remember naming folders "sudo" or "rm". But it's a valid point.

WorMzy wrote:

Not sure about bash, but zsh has an option for this. It's called autocd.
EDIT: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manua … iltin.html

Thanks, it seems to be built in after all.

shopt -s autocd

Checking this out right now, kind of buggy imho - for example bash autocompletion doesn't always kick in without cd - it seems to work ok if a folder name is capitalized. Oh, well..

Last edited by hrdx (2014-03-13 22:12:38)

Rasi · 2014-03-13 22:38:42

Awebb wrote:

And then I create a file or folder with the same name as an executable and the joke is on you.

i should try this...

Last edited by Rasi (2014-03-13 22:39:38)

karol · 2014-03-14 05:42:42

I have

shopt -s cdable_vars

export apps="/home/karol/apps"
export usb="/media/usb"
export cachedir="/var/cache/pacman/pkg"
export foo="/home/karol/test/foo"
export bar="/home/karol/test/bar"

in my .bashrc.

$ pwd
/home/karol/test
$ cd cachedir
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
$ pwd
/var/cache/pacman/pkg
$ cd foo
/home/karol/test/foo
$ pwd
/home/karol/test/foo

x33a · 2014-03-14 06:04:27

hrdx wrote:

Checking this out right now, kind of buggy imho - for example bash autocompletion doesn't always kick in without cd - it seems to work ok if a folder name is capitalized. Oh, well..

Prepend

./

before the foldernames, and the completion should work fine.

Awebb · 2014-03-14 08:08:43

I think cd is easier to type than ./.

x33a · 2014-03-14 09:55:56

you need to type an extra character (space) with cd

rwd · 2014-07-11 20:14:06

If you want to navigate through folders with as little typing as possible try 'autojump' from the community repos. See how it works here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnNyoMGnbKg

HiImTye · 2014-07-11 20:54:47

you could make aliases

alias Home='cd "$HOME"'
alias Pictures='cd "$HOME/Pictures"'
# etc..

also, if you want to 'cd "$HOME"' then you can just 'cd' and it assumes you want to go to ~

Last edited by HiImTye (2014-07-11 20:55:28)

rgb-one · 2014-07-11 21:09:00

Ranger File Manager has some useful shortcuts for navigating to directories. you can set aliases to go to the most frequently visited directories or for all the directories in /

eg.
alias gh='cd $HOME'
alias ge='cd /etc/'
alias gu='cd /usr/'

etc.

karol · 2014-07-11 21:14:25

Isn't 'cd $HOME' the same as 'cd'?

See also the aforementioned 'shopt -s autocd' and 'shopt -s cdable_vars'.

Last edited by karol (2014-07-11 21:15:12)

chaonaut · 2014-07-11 21:42:02

setting $CDPATH does that.

$ echo $CDPATH
/home/chaonaut/chaos:/home/chaos
$ pwd
/home/chaonaut
$ cd Ozric\ Tentacles
/home/chaos/Ozric Tentacles
$ pwd
/home/chaos/Ozric Tentacles

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