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saagarjha · 2018-01-07 00:23:15

I've been looking for something like <() for a long time. Thanks for sharing it!

Regarding :h, is it any different than just using dirname?

0x0 | karma 17884 | avg karma 5.06 · | 2020-08-23 14:43:04

You almost never need to use "*". Use ".", or go up a dir and type the name of the dir.

mmjaa | karma 2668 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2018-01-06 15:11:52

Yeah, I couldn't make that work for me (on Linux or MacOS) .. although I'd love it if there were a way to quickly get 'just the directory' or 'just the filename' in bash with a shortcut, instead of having to resort to $(dirname blah) and so on .. I'm sure there is some way but :h doesn't look to be the shortcut as expected.

planede | karma 2063 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2022-11-15 04:39:30

Except when you pass `-r` and you pass a directory in place of the filename. But maybe it should have been `-r <directory>` and still no positional file parameter. The ship has been sailed a long ago though.

pawadu | karma 1690 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2016-11-18 13:20:31+00:00

So basically instead of doing

    dir C:\

I have to learn to type

   List-Directory-With-Files Drive=C Folder=/

(made up example, but you get the point)

uxcn | karma 235 | avg karma 0.85 · | 2015-12-15 16:50:18

I use pup a lot too, which just prints the dir.

dev_tty01 | karma 4663 | avg karma 4.24 · | 2020-12-06 01:24:05

I just wanted the directories, not the files. Your command is great if you want it down to the file level. The -h args are of course a matter of preference.

stormbrew | karma 9506 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2014-01-18 05:21:39+00:00

"dir <dirname>" didn't work. :/

morenoh149 | karma 245 | avg karma 0.59 · | 2019-01-13 21:37:22+00:00

I like

  alias h="cd -"

to go to the last directory I was in. Inspired by how you move the cursor to the left in vim.

kaushalmodi | karma 353 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2017-08-31 16:21:47+00:00

Sorry, I was mistaken. I confirm that that works too. I was just comparing with wdired.. wdired (Emacs) creates that foo/ dir if it doesn't exist.

0xdeadbeefbabe | karma 1034 | avg karma 0.53 · | 2017-08-18 20:54:14+00:00

What is the dir/... syntax. I never saw the doc on that one.

smagch | karma 136 | avg karma 1.02 · | 2012-02-04 15:11:27+00:00

console.dir is really useful. It give you variable structure in console.

grimgrin | karma 1524 | avg karma 4.03 · | 2023-03-21 17:09:16

i use it a lot but want an accompanying binding just for directories

edit: okay done

http://i.imgur.com/n12DYUu.png

Two examples in case you have a preference w/ or w/o the preview:

    fzf_insert_directory_preview() {
      local dir
      dir=$(find . -type d -not -path '*/\.*' | fzf --height 40% --reverse --preview 'tree -C {} | head -200')
      if [[ -n $dir ]]; then
        READLINE_LINE="${READLINE_LINE}${dir}"
        READLINE_POINT=$((${#READLINE_LINE}))
      fi
    }

    fzf_insert_directory() {
      local dir
      dir=$(find . -type d -not -path '*/\.*' | fzf --height 40% --reverse)
      if [[ -n $dir ]]; then
        READLINE_LINE="${READLINE_LINE}${dir}"
        READLINE_POINT=$((${#READLINE_LINE}))
      fi
    }

    bind -x '"\ey": fzf_insert_directory_preview' # alt-y
    bind -x '"\et": fzf_insert_directory' # alt-t

http://ix.io/4rtn/sh

Sent from a LLM

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belovedeagle | karma 607 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2013-08-17 16:18:29

And with CDABLE_VARS set, you can simply do: dir_name In fact, you don't even have to use the directory hash for this, you just do, e.g.: MY_DIR=/path/to/dir; MY_DIR

Frankly, this is far superior to the linked method.

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com2kid | karma 10367 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2018-02-28 20:14:40+00:00

dir works fine for that.

:)

I actually didn't know that dir supported multiple globs for filenames! I've never had a need for that.

Super cool.

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Someone | karma 30129 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2016-05-19 21:41:42+00:00

Weird that it doesn't seem to support basename (1) and dirname (1) and their Windows equivalents (e.g. %~dp0%)

Quite a few of my scripts need to find files relative to the location of the script, or compute the path to an output file by replacing the extension of an input file.

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gabemart | karma 5015 | avg karma 7.16 · | 2018-01-12 12:40:41+00:00

>However, for root components of a directory, use index.jsx as the filename and use the directory name as the component name

I used to do this, but I find it really confusing having dozens of files all called "index.jsx". I eventually moved to './ComponentName/ComponentName.jsx' in my personal projects. It's a bit more verbose, but I find it makes everything else do to with navigating and finding files easier.

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m463 | karma 17870 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2020-10-29 18:29:35

directory-local variables in emacs? thank you! I will look at that.

jwilk | karma 8094 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2022-05-04 00:57:36

For canonicalizing directories, you can use this portably:

  dir=$(cd -P -- "$dir" && pwd)

with the usual gotcha that $() strips trailing newlines.

avaldes | karma 68 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2021-11-08 05:32:44

> go ./... magic custom (that means this and all recursive subdirectories).

There. I did just learn it without following a tutorial or somethin. It's so simple, easy to remember. It's even faster to write that -R or -r.

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