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A bash function command that quickly takes me to certain directory.
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| enter() { | |
| local config_dir="$HOME/.config/enter" | |
| local config_file="$config_dir/enter.yml" | |
| # Initialize configuration | |
| if [ ! -d "$config_dir" ]; then | |
| mkdir -p "$config_dir" | |
| fi | |
| if [ ! -f "$config_file" ]; then | |
| local user_root=$(pwd ) | |
| echo "root: $HOME" > "$config_file" | |
| fi | |
| # List directories | |
| if [ "$1" = "-l" ]; then | |
| local max_len=0 | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| local key="${line%%:*}" | |
| local len=${#key} | |
| (( len > max_len )) && max_len=$len | |
| done < "$config_file" | |
| while IFS= read -r line; do | |
| local key="${line%%:*}" | |
| local value="${line#*:}" | |
| value="${value#"${value%%[![:space:]]*}"}" | |
| printf "%-*s %s\n" "$max_len" "$key" "$value" | |
| done < "$config_file" | |
| return | |
| fi | |
| # Create quick command | |
| if [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then | |
| local short_name | |
| if [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ]; then | |
| read "short_name?Enter a short name for this directory: " | |
| else | |
| read -p "Enter a short name for this directory: " short_name | |
| fi | |
| echo "$short_name: $(pwd)" >> "$config_file" | |
| return | |
| fi | |
| # Edit the config file | |
| if [ "$1" = "-e" ]; then | |
| micro "$config_file" | |
| return | |
| fi | |
| # Navigate to directory | |
| if [ -n "$1" ]; then | |
| # Grab everything after the first ":" (more robust than splitting on spaces) | |
| local dir | |
| dir=$(grep -E "^$1:" "$config_file" | head -n 1 | cut -d':' -f2-) | |
| # Trim leading spaces | |
| dir="${dir#"${dir%%[![:space:]]*}"}" | |
| # Strip optional surrounding double quotes | |
| dir="${dir%\"}" | |
| dir="${dir#\"}" | |
| if [ -n "$dir" ]; then | |
| cd "$dir" | |
| else | |
| echo "Directory not found for: $1" | |
| fi | |
| return | |
| fi | |
| echo "Usage: enter [-l | -c | -e | <short_name>]" | |
| } | |
| if [ -n "${BASH_VERSION:-}" ]; then | |
| _enter_completion() { | |
| local cur opts config_file="$HOME/.config/enter/enter.yml" | |
| COMPREPLY=() | |
| cur="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}" | |
| opts=$(grep -o '^[^:]*' "$config_file" 2>/dev/null) | |
| if [[ ${cur} == -* ]]; then | |
| COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "-l -c -e" -- ${cur})) | |
| return 0 | |
| elif [[ ${COMP_CWORD} == 1 ]]; then | |
| COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${opts}" -- ${cur})) | |
| return 0 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| complete -F _enter_completion enter | |
| elif [ -n "${ZSH_VERSION:-}" ]; then | |
| _enter() { | |
| local -a completions | |
| local config_file="$HOME/.config/enter/enter.yml" | |
| if [[ $words[2] == -* ]]; then | |
| completions=(-l -c -e) | |
| elif [ -f "$config_file" ]; then | |
| completions=(${(f)"$(grep -o '^[^:]*' "$config_file")"}) | |
| fi | |
| compadd -a completions | |
| } | |
| _enter_register_completion() { | |
| (( $+functions[compdef] )) || autoload -Uz compdef 2>/dev/null | |
| if compdef _enter enter 2>/dev/null; then | |
| precmd_functions=(${precmd_functions:#_enter_register_completion}) | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| if ! _enter_register_completion 2>/dev/null; then | |
| precmd_functions+=(_enter_register_completion) | |
| fi | |
| fi |
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