How to quickly cd to the correct directory? [closed]
Is there any way to quickly cd to the correct directory? I have a lot of subdirectories for my courses and it ends up taking lots of time to cd to get to the correct directory. Especially if I forget the name of the directory.
Are there any tips as good ways to easily get to the correct directory?
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asked Jan 26 at 19:46
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Is there any way to quickly cd to the correct directory? I have a lot of subdirectories for my courses and it ends up taking lots of time to cd to get to the correct directory. Especially if I forget the name of the directory.
Are there any tips as good ways to easily get to the correct directory?
terminal filesystems
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Steven, DavidPostill♦ Jan 26 at 20:51
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There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52
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Is there any way to quickly cd to the correct directory? I have a lot of subdirectories for my courses and it ends up taking lots of time to cd to get to the correct directory. Especially if I forget the name of the directory.
Are there any tips as good ways to easily get to the correct directory?
terminal filesystems
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
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Is there any way to quickly cd to the correct directory? I have a lot of subdirectories for my courses and it ends up taking lots of time to cd to get to the correct directory. Especially if I forget the name of the directory.
Are there any tips as good ways to easily get to the correct directory?
terminal filesystems
terminal filesystems
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
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asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
112
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
112
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
112
asked Jan 26 at 19:46
appljuiceappljuice
112
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closed as unclear what you're asking by Steven, DavidPostill♦ Jan 26 at 20:51
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
closed as unclear what you're asking by Steven, DavidPostill♦ Jan 26 at 20:51
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There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52
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3
There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52
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There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52
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I wrote this code in bash for changing my programming directory. I called it cpd and everytime I can just call it with cpd py and it will take the shortest pattern, so in my case it's Python.
But if you don't know whole or part of the name, it will be useless.
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Programing
cd "$(find -type d | grep -i "$(echo "${*:1}" | sed 's/ /.*/g')" | awk '{print length($0) " " $0; }' | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2- | head -n 1)"
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
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I wrote this code in bash for changing my programming directory. I called it cpd and everytime I can just call it with cpd py and it will take the shortest pattern, so in my case it's Python.
But if you don't know whole or part of the name, it will be useless.
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Programing
cd "$(find -type d | grep -i "$(echo "${*:1}" | sed 's/ /.*/g')" | awk '{print length($0) " " $0; }' | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2- | head -n 1)"
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
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I wrote this code in bash for changing my programming directory. I called it cpd and everytime I can just call it with cpd py and it will take the shortest pattern, so in my case it's Python.
But if you don't know whole or part of the name, it will be useless.
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Programing
cd "$(find -type d | grep -i "$(echo "${*:1}" | sed 's/ /.*/g')" | awk '{print length($0) " " $0; }' | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2- | head -n 1)"
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
add a comment |
I wrote this code in bash for changing my programming directory. I called it cpd and everytime I can just call it with cpd py and it will take the shortest pattern, so in my case it's Python.
But if you don't know whole or part of the name, it will be useless.
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Programing
cd "$(find -type d | grep -i "$(echo "${*:1}" | sed 's/ /.*/g')" | awk '{print length($0) " " $0; }' | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2- | head -n 1)"
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
I wrote this code in bash for changing my programming directory. I called it cpd and everytime I can just call it with cpd py and it will take the shortest pattern, so in my case it's Python.
But if you don't know whole or part of the name, it will be useless.
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/Programing
cd "$(find -type d | grep -i "$(echo "${*:1}" | sed 's/ /.*/g')" | awk '{print length($0) " " $0; }' | sort -n | cut -d ' ' -f2- | head -n 1)"
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
answered Jan 26 at 20:48
MatejMatej
16113
16113
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There are answers, but they are very different, depending on the OS, but I'm not sure what help you can expect if you forget the name.
– AFH
Jan 26 at 20:31
Most of the time you can type cd and hit the tab key - sometime more then once to expand and show valid options
– davidgo
Jan 26 at 23:52