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Re: cd as much as possible

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kamaraju kusumanchi [2016-03-10 00:35:33-05] wrote:

> 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?

I don't know about zsh but here's a sh/bash function:

    mycd() {
            local dir=$1
            while ! cd -- "$dir"; do
                    dir=$(dirname -- "$dir")
            done
    }

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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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