X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:51:11 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: zzapper cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: > Hi, > > I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows > App. > > The following function (put in one of your startup files .bashrc > .profile etc) saves a few clicks and is forward or backslash proof > > function cdp() > { > # cdp(aste) > # description : Cd to path in paste buffer: convert from DOS if required > # set -x > getclip > echo '' > getclip|sed 's#\\#\/#g'|putclip > cd $(getclip) > } > > I can already see a few improvements, and it would also be nice to have > a check that paste buffer actually contains a path How about simply cd $(cygpath -f - < /dev/clipboard) ? Or, in a more robust form, DIR="$(cygpath -f - < /dev/clipboard)" [ -d "$DIR" ] && cd "$DIR" Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/