[SOLVED] Changing directories

ddenial · 01-22-2019, 07:40 AM

Hello

Assuming I have two directory structures:
1. /one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight
2. /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

If my present working directory is eight and I want to go to directory eee. Then is there any other way to do this?

Code:

cd ../../../../../aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

Is there any possibility of shortening the relative path pattern "../" which is 5 times? No absolute path though.

Thanks

TenTenths · 01-22-2019, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddenial

Hello

Assuming I have two directory structures:
1. /one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight
2. /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

If my present working directory is eight and I want to go to directory eee. Then is there any other way to do this?

Code:

cd ../../../../../aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

Is there any possibility of shortening the relative path pattern "../" which is 5 times? No absolute path though.

Thanks

Why can't you use the absolute path?

Code:

cd /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

l0f4r0 · 01-22-2019, 08:07 AM

If you need to go to /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee very often, you can create an alias:

Code:

alias cdeee='cd /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee'

Next times you can simply type:

Code:

cdeee

ddenial · 01-22-2019, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenTenths

Why can't you use the absolute path?

Code:

cd /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

Yes, I can. But I'm curious in knowing is there another way to shortcut relative path. Like this one for renaming filenames.

berndbausch · 01-22-2019, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddenial

Is there any possibility of shortening the relative path pattern "../" which is 5 times? No absolute path though.

I can't imagine a reason for not using absolute paths. Except perhaps an exam question.

You can set CDPATH to /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd. Then, a simple cd eee does the trick. Or you set a symbolic link, or even a bind mount.

joe_2000 · 01-22-2019, 09:37 AM

You might like autojump.

Also available in many distros via package management

ddenial · 01-22-2019, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_2000

You might like autojump.

Also available in many distros via package management

I was looking at CDPATH and alias as explained in this website, but this looks interesting.

Thanks.

ehartman · 01-22-2019, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddenial

Is there any possibility of shortening the relative path pattern "../" which is 5 times?

You already got pointed to the CDPATH variable, in which you can specify directories to look in for the cd command. I use

Code:

.:~:..:../..:../../..:../../../..:../../../../..:/mnt

which will look in current and 5 directories up (plus my home and /mnt for USB sticks),
but maybe something like wcd (a Norton CD fork) waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/ is something for you? It works by creating a database of your directories and then allowing short versions of their names to cd to them.

ddenial · 01-22-2019, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ehartman

You already got pointed to the CDPATH variable, in which you can specify directories to look in for the cd command. I use

Code:

.:~:..:../..:../../..:../../../..:../../../../..:/mnt

which will look in current and 5 directories up (plus my home and /mnt for USB sticks),
but maybe something like wcd (a Norton CD fork) waterlan.home.xs4all.nl/ is something for you? It works by creating a database of your directories and then allowing short versions of their names to cd to them.

Thanks. But how to use it. I'm confused.

Code:

$ mkdir -p one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight
$ mkdir -p one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee
$ export CDPATH=.:~:..:../..:../../..:../../../..:../../../../..
$ cd one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight

$ pwd
/home/alex/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight

$ cd ../eee
-bash: cd: ../eee: No such file or directory

$ cd eee
-bash: cd: eee: No such file or directory

$ cd ddd
-bash: cd: ddd: No such file or directory

$ cd ..eee
-bash: cd: ..eee: No such file or directory

$ cd .eee
-bash: cd: .eee: No such file or directory

How to use this?

l0f4r0 · 01-22-2019, 10:31 AM

^ Configured like that, I think only the following should work in your situation (from pwd=/home/alex/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight):

Code:

cd aaa

Right?

ddenial · 01-22-2019, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by l0f4r0

^ Configured like that, I think only the following should work in your situation (from pwd=/home/alex/one/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight):

Code:

cd aaa

Right?

Oh! Now I understand, I need to add some more '../'s.

Thanks. Working great.

l0f4r0 · 01-22-2019, 10:48 AM

^ Yes, so for your specific need, you will have to do:

Code:

cd aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee

Here, the benefit is so-so compared to:

Code:

cd /one/two/three/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee