• NostraDavid@programming.dev
      2·
      1 day ago

      The first two options (autocd and cdspell) have been a lifesaver in fixing my frustrations with the default bash settings (and even lets me stick with bash, instead of feeling I should move to zsh or any other shell.

      I can just type a foldername, tabcomplete it and press enter to go there. It’s great.

      # == shopts ==
# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Shopt-Builtin.html
shopt -s autocd         # cd into folder without cd, so 'dotfiles' will cd into the folder
shopt -s cdspell        # attempt spelling correcting on folders
shopt -s direxpand      # expand a partial dir name
shopt -s checkjobs      # stop shell from exit when there's jobs running
shopt -s dirspell       # attempt spelling correcting on folders
shopt -s expand_aliases # aliases are expanded
shopt -s histappend     # append to the history file, don't overwrite it
shopt -s histreedit     # lets your re-edit old executed command
shopt -s histverify     # I'm confused.
shopt -s hostcomplete   # performs completion when a word contains an '@'
shopt -s cmdhist        # save multiple-line command in single history entry
shopt -u lithist        # multi-lines are saved with embedded newlines rather than semicolons; explictly unset
shopt -s checkwinsize # update LINES and COLUMNS to fit output
  • technotony@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    2 days ago

    Easiest solution, use fish instead of bash! Default fish keybindings will allow you to just type . . or name a directory similar to how you could do with Zoxide.

    Also, wait until you find about pushd and popd ;)

    • sleet01@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 day ago

      Really buried the lede there: pushd and popd are what I use instead of cd most times!

  • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1952·
    3 days ago
    $ cd ..
$ ls
$ cd ..
$ ls

    “hmm yes… everything seems to be in order”

    • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
      421·
      3 days ago

      I need a shell/plugin/tool/whatever that always shows me the content of the current dir in a little popup or something.

      Anything I do in the shell is like cd this, ls, cd there, ls *, I feel like a have the navigational awareness of a amnesiac goldfish

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
        3·
        1 day ago

        You probably want rangerfm or vifm. They use miller columns for to show you your surrounding context.

      • Fushuan [he/him]@lemm.ee
        20·
        3 days ago

        Put this in bashrc or whatever flavour of shells’s bashrc you use:

        function cs () { cd “$@” && ls }

        I didnt remember the function sintax of bash so I just copied it from SO.

        • Artyom@lemm.ee
          18·
          3 days ago
          cs () {
    cd $1;
    ls ${@:2}
}

          You (probably) only want to pass the first argument to cd, this’ll send the rest to ls.

          • ka1ikasan@lemmy.zip
            5·
            3 days ago

            Did that years ago, just called it cds. I also have an “up” command which is an alias to “cds …”. Oh, and I have a “setup server_name” they copy all my aliases to a server and create an alias that allow me to “ssh -A server_name” using only server_name.

      • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        10·
        3 days ago

        Alternatively, you could use a TUI file manager. Once you get the navigation down you can manage things pretty quickly. Especially with ones that have options for dual directory layouts, like Midnight Commander or vifm.

      • Prime@lemmy.sdf.org
        6·
        3 days ago

        It is called windows 2000 explorer and it’s great for file operations :) In Linux i have yet to find a really good replacement ;(

      • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        that, or you have to make ABSOLUTELY SURE that you haven’t accidentally pressed a button on your keyboard that has inevitably resulted in the total destruction of the directory contents

      • turtlesareneat@discuss.onlineEnglish
        12·
        3 days ago

        Doesn’t let you rifle through things approvingly as you go. "Yes this is the correct directory because it has the three files I was looking at earlier–

        You know what let’s do a ls -al just to be super sure it’s the right modification

    • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      Sometimes I throw off the linux admin reading my log by throwing in a pwd before going to the next one. Know it’s not gonna be in that directory you know?

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
    29·
    2 days ago
    alias cd..='cd ..'
alias cd...='cd ../..'
alias cd....='cd ../../..
alias cd.....='cd ../../../..'
  • ian@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    The good thing about Dolphin is you can have the real tree following your navigation. Want to go up a few levels, just click once, directly where you want to go next. None of this up, up, up nonsense. Great for snooping in many different folders in quick succession.

  • lemmyhavesome@lemmy.world
    511·
    3 days ago
    In your rc:
alias ..='cd ..'
alias ...='cd ../..'
alias ....='cd ../../..'

Usage:
1/2/3 $ ...
1 $
  • Naich
    24·
    3 days ago

    for i in { 1…4 }; do cd …; done

    • oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 days ago

      I was about to post something similar. With fish you can do your own functions, right? So, you can pass any dots as arguments to a function called cd, so, for every extra dot after .., you append a /.. at the end.

      • zitrone 🍋
        1·
        1 day ago

        yeah, but its less visual

        cd ..... is harder to understand than cd ../../../..

        also the extension work with any commend, not just cd