X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: zzapper Subject: Re: cd to directory in paste buffer : shell function Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:41:28 +0000 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <7ff9c2a10601131028q66185044qb68ba0700b36fb21 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:28:45 -0800, wrote: >On 1/13/06, zzapper wrote: >> I often want to cd to a (DOS) path that I've copied from some Windows App. > >The cygpath program will do the slash conversion for you: > >cdclipboard() >{ > unixpath=`cygpath -f /dev/clipboard`; > > if [ -d "$unixpath" ]; then > cd "$unixpath" > fi >} echo "that's cute" -- 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/