cd as much as possible

From	kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	cd as much as possible
Date	2016-03-10 06:40 +0100
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Is it possible to change the behaviour of the "cd" command or have a
new command which works like cd but with an extra feature so that it
goes into the directory as deep as possible.

For example, if I do
  cd a1/a2/a3/a4

If all the directories are present, we cd into a1/a2/a3/a4.
If all the directories are present except for a4, we cd into a1/a2/a3
If a1 and a2 directories exist but not a3, we cd into a1/a2
etc.,

If it matters, I am using zsh on a machine running Debian Jessie. But
I am open to experiment with other shells if needed. Any thoughts?

thanks
raju
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cd as much as possible kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2016-03-10 06:40 +0100
  Re: cd as much as possible Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-03-10 08:20 +0100
    Re: cd as much as possible kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 04:50 +0100
      Re: cd as much as possible Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-03-11 13:10 +0100
        Re: cd as much as possible Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2016-03-11 13:30 +0100
  Re: cd as much as possible kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2016-03-11 05:10 +0100
    Re: cd as much as possible Jens Bauer <jens-lists@gpio.dk> - 2016-03-16 03:10 +0100
      Re: cd as much as possible kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> - 2016-03-18 05:20 +0100

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