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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

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