bettercd - Jump to directories using partial path names

Bettercd allows users to jump to long and complicated paths using a fraction of the directory names. Better cd also allows to concatenate fragments of a path (see examples bellow).

Installation

Download this repo to your machine.

Create .bettetcd directory under $HOME. Bettercd full path should be $HOME/.bettercd.

Copy this repo files to $HOME/.bettercd.

Run ./install.sh.

Usage

Default cd behaviour

cd DIR

Jump to a directory under $BETTERCDROOT matching PATTERN or each PATTERN separated by / (see Description).

cd PATTERN
cd PATTERN [PATTERN] ... [PATTERN]

Jump to a directory under $PWD matching PATTERN or each PATTERN separated by / (see Description). cdd only works if the current directory is under $BETTERCDROOT.

cdd PATTERN
cdd PATTERN [PATTERN] ... [PATTERN]

Description

Change the current directory to DIR. The default DIR is the value of the HOME shell variable.

Better cd allows to use patterns to jump into long paths.

Given the following structure:

• /home/vik/projects/reallycoolproject
• /home/vik/projects/niceproject

cd proj rea # will go to reallycoolproject
cd p ni # will go to niceproject
cd pro # will go to projects
cd pr pro # will go to niceproject

cdd works similar to cd but instead of calculating the jump over the BETTERCDROOT var uses the current directory.

Given the following structure:

• /home/vik/projects/reallycoolproject/pro/vars
• /home/vik/projects/reallycoolproject/pro/bin
• /home/vik/projects/niceproject

And if PWD=/home/vik/projects/reallycoolproject

cd pro # will go to projects
cdd pro # will go to reallycoolproject/pro

Command line options

• --updateroot: Updates the root directory from which better cd calculates jumps. Default directory is $HOME (to restore default location run cd --updateroot $HOME).
• --cache: Updates the cache file, this is usefull if you want to be able to jump inside directories you just created.
• --help|-h: Show bettercd man page.
• -l: List cache contents. Works similar to cd but it shows a list of possible jump locations (bettercd always chooses the first shown).
• -|--: Changes the working directory to the previous working directory.

Bugs

No known bugs. If you find one, please go to https://github.com/vjacynycz-stratio/bettercd/issues

Author

Viktor Jacynycz (viktor@jacynycz.es) - Contact viktor@jacynycz.es to correct errors or typos.