wzslr321/cdq

Change directory, quickly [WIP]

Change directory, quickly

Are you tired of changing directories in a big files trees? If so, cdq comes with a rescue.

Let's say you have a following structure

➜  foo tree
.
└── foo
    └── bar
        └── foobar
            └── edit_me.xyz

If you want to quickly go to foobar directory to edit something there, you do not need to type the entire path with cd foo/bar/foobar. With cdq you simply can run cdq foobar!

Note: It is an incredibly basic MVP - writing this README took me more time than to write the current code -, but I plan to make it better every time I have some time to spare.

Installation

As of now it is not integrated with shell too well, so the process is unfortunately a bit cumbersome.

• Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/wzslr321/cdq
• cd cdq && cargo build -r
• Add cdq function to your shell config file, to execute the program and interpret its output

Example for .zshrc

cdq() {
    local output=$(~/Remi/rust/cdq/target/release/cdq $1)
    echo $output
    local dir=$(echo $output | awk -F'Path=' '{print $2}')
    if [ -d "$dir" ]; then
        echo "Proceeding to the $dir"
        cd "$dir"
    fi
}

• Refresh shell - exec zsh
• Run cdq --version to make sure it works!