Any Bash features you'd like to see?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Sat, 14 May 2005, Scott Allen wrote:

> On Fri May 13,2005 09:33:47 AM Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>>     You already have random access with popd:
>> 
>>  popd: popd [+N | -N] [-n]
>>      Removes entries from the directory stack.  With no arguments,
>>      removes the top directory from the stack, and cd's to the new
>>      top directory.
>
> So for random access directory changes I have to:
>
> - Always use pushd (or an alias) to change directories.

     A function is better.

> - Do a dirs command to list my previous directories.
>
> - Count left or right from the dirs listing to determine the value of N that 
> I need to use.
>
> - Enter a popd command with the N parameter to change to the desired 
> directory.
>
> This seems pretty cumbersome. In most cases, using cd with tab completion 
> would probably be faster. It's not like the quick "select from a pop up 
> window involked by a single key press" method that I'm used to with the 4OS2 
> shell.

cd() { pushd "${@:-$HOME}"; }

cdx() { popd "$@"; }

_cdx()  ## Tab completion function for cdx
{
   COMPREPLY=( `dirs` )
}

complete -F _cdx cdx



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