Directory name completion

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On 06/21/2011 12:14 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> There's a specific directory on my system, let's call
> it /some/long/path/foobar, that I visit a lot, so it's a bore to have to
> type the full pathname so often. The parent directory (/some/long/path)
> is a component in CDPATH so I can just type 'cd foobar' and all is good.
<snip>

then consider an alias;

  alias cdfb='cd  /some/long/path/foobar'

now, a simple cdfb will put you there.

i have used such aliases for long path directories for years and it has
always worked.


hth.

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peace out.

tc.hago,

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