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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