cache_cd

A smarter cd for your shell.

Installation

Copy the script somewhere and call it from your shell initialization script with the "source" command. For example, copying it in ~/bin/cache_cd, copy this to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc:

   source ~/bin/cache_cd

And restart your shell: close and reopen your terminal or simply type

   exec $SHELL

Usage

   cd
   cd <directory>

Changes to your home directory or to your given directory as usual.

   cd <substring>

Tries to find substring in the list of directories you used previously. Presents a numbered list of matches and changes to the first.

   cd <number>

Changes to the numbered directory of the previously presented list. This directory is also moved to the top of the cache, so it comes first when the same search is performed again in the future.

Whenever the given argument matches an existing directory, it is interpreted as a directory (so yes, you can still "cd 2" if you have a directory called "2").

Example

hisham@parser ~] cd src
        1 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src/luarocks
        2 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src
        3 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src/luarocks/fs/win32
        4 /Users/hisham/luarocks/luarocks-2.1.0/src/luarocks
        5 /Users/hisham/luarocks/luarocks-2.1.0/src
hisham@parser ~/luarocks/src/luarocks] cd 2
hisham@parser ~/luarocks/src] cd
hisham@parser ~] cd src
        1 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src
        2 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src/luarocks
        3 /Users/hisham/luarocks/src/luarocks/fs/win32
        4 /Users/hisham/luarocks/luarocks-2.1.0/src/luarocks
        5 /Users/hisham/luarocks/luarocks-2.1.0/src
hisham@parser ~/luarocks/src]

Compatibility

Tested with Bash 4.0.35 and zsh 4.3.10 on Linux. Should work in other places and versions too.