X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: zzapper Subject: Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:14:34 +0000 Lines: 46 Message-ID: <7kufs1hho0p040i0l9jud4u6l889bqd1oe@4ax.com> References: <20060113190240.GA4791@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm 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 14:02:40 -0500, wrote: >On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:51:11PM -0500, Igor Peshansky wrote: >>On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, zzapper wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows sh 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) >>> } >> >>How about simply >> >>cd $(cygpath -f - < /dev/clipboard) >> >> >>DIR="$(cygpath -f - < /dev/clipboard)" >>[ -d "$DIR" ] && cd "$DIR" > >Or, even: > >cdclip() { > cd "$(cygpath -f - < /dev/clipboard)" 2>/dev/null || : >} Funny thing my little script which I've gradually developed for months solved a problem that's niggled me for years then I post it up here and see it variously improved in minutes. Aren't Newsgroups wonderful (also found a solution to how to repair my VW Golf today (not in Cygwin) elsewhere -- zzapper Success for Techies and Vim,Zsh tips http://SuccessTheory.com/ -- 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/