alias ..='cd ..' #: up one directory
alias ...='cd ../..' #: up two directories
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The first two options (autocd and cdspell) have been a lifesaver in fixing my frustrations with the default bash settings (and even lets me stick with bash, instead of feeling I should move to zsh or any other shell.
I can just type a foldername, tabcomplete it and press enter to go there. It's great.
# == shopts ==
# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Shopt-Builtin.html
shopt -s autocd # cd into folder without cd, so 'dotfiles' will cd into the folder
shopt -s cdspell # attempt spelling correcting on folders
shopt -s direxpand # expand a partial dir name
shopt -s checkjobs # stop shell from exit when there's jobs running
shopt -s dirspell # attempt spelling correcting on folders
shopt -s expand_aliases # aliases are expanded
shopt -s histappend # append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histreedit # lets your re-edit old executed command
shopt -s histverify # I'm confused.
shopt -s hostcomplete # performs completion when a word contains an '@'
shopt -s cmdhist # save multiple-line command in single history entry
shopt -u lithist # multi-lines are saved with embedded newlines rather than semicolons; explictly unset
shopt -s checkwinsize # update LINES and COLUMNS to fit output
You forgot the pwd after each 'cd'.
ls*
Ls doesn't tell them where they are, just what files exist in their current location.
Yup,
But I want to know if the file I'm looking for is in this directory or I have to cd.. once more
That's when locate piped to grep is your best friend.
The good thing about Dolphin is you can have the real tree following your navigation. Want to go up a few levels, just click once, directly where you want to go next. None of this up, up, up nonsense. Great for snooping in many different folders in quick succession.
Easiest solution, use fish instead of bash! Default fish keybindings will allow you to just type . . or name a directory similar to how you could do with Zoxide.
Also, wait until you find about pushd and popd ;)
Really buried the lede there: pushd and popd are what I use instead of cd most times!
alias cdr='cd /'
Heh
alias cd..='cd ..'
alias cd...='cd ../..'
alias cd....='cd ../../..
alias cd.....='cd ../../../..'Then forget all that and just use
cd ~ or cd /
No need for ~ - just cd works as well.
cd .. && ls
!!
!!
!!
!!
What's so surprising?? What did you see in that dir??
Double-bang repeats the previous command. Great if you forget sudo.
$ rm -rf <folder>
permission denied
$ sudo !!
Haha yeah I was just being silly
I feel called out. Should definitely make an alias or two that auto CDs me the amount of times I need...
$ cd ..
$ ls
$ cd ..
$ ls
"hmm yes.. everything seems to be in order"
cd ..
pwd
ls
ls -a
tree -d
git status -bs
cd ..
...
I ain't reading allat
Then you invite chaos to sit in your lap, friend
I need a shell/plugin/tool/whatever that always shows me the content of the current dir in a little popup or something.
Anything I do in the shell is like cd this, ls, cd there, ls *, I feel like a have the navigational awareness of a amnesiac goldfish
You probably want rangerfm or vifm. They use miller columns for to show you your surrounding context.
A window, you say!?
Put this in bashrc or whatever flavour of shells's bashrc you use:
function cs () { cd "$@" && ls }
I didnt remember the function sintax of bash so I just copied it from SO.
cs () {
cd $1;
ls ${@:2}
}
You (probably) only want to pass the first argument to cd, this'll send the rest to ls.
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cd .../...
..... for zsh users
Excuse me what? I've been multi cd'ing for years like a chump?
Exactly. The fucking what now?
Doesn't work on my machine... is it a setting that needs to be enabled or something?
In your rc:
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias ....='cd ../../..'
Usage:
1/2/3 $ ...
1 $
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i use fish shell with https://github.com/nickeb96/puffer-fish
basically when i type ... it expands to ../.. and adds another /.. for every additional dot i type
its similar to what the zsh users in the comment section are doing
I was about to post something similar. With fish you can do your own functions, right? So, you can pass any dots as arguments to a function called cd, so, for every extra dot after .., you append a /.. at the end.
yeah, but its less visual
cd ..... is harder to understand than cd ../../../..
also the extension work with any commend, not just cd
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cd ..
!!
!!
!!
for i in { 1..4 }; do cd ..; done
Childhood me with only MS-DOS machines is all feeling nostalgic.
.....
I use a lot cd - (go to previous) or just cd to go home.
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