up

Stop typing ../../.. endlessly. Use tab completion instead! Using up allows you to change your current directory to a parent of the current directory where the parent is specified by name or index.

Install

Written in 100% shell script, up.sh registers the up function and some completion functions via your .bashrc or .zshrc file.

bash

curl --create-dirs -o ~/.config/up/up.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shannonmoeller/up/master/up.sh
echo 'source ~/.config/up/up.sh' >> ~/.bashrc

zsh

curl --create-dirs -o ~/.config/up/up.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shannonmoeller/up/master/up.sh
echo 'source ~/.config/up/up.sh' >> ~/.zshrc

Usage

$ up [dir|num|-]

    dir   full or partial name of any parent directory
    num   number of times you'd have to type `../`
    -     previous working directory

Examples

Up one level:

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up
/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head $

Up multiple levels:

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up 4
/home/chuck/foo $

Up by full name:

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up bar
/home/chuck/foo/bar $

Up by partial name:

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up ba
/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz $

Tab completion:

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up <TAB>
home/   chuck/  foo/    bar/    baz/    head/

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up h<TAB>
home/   head/

/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up ho<TAB>
/home/chuck/foo/bar/baz/head/foot $ up home/
/home $

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