switch to workspace or sub directory if available

01_ws.sh

# Switch to workspace or directly into a workspace directory if any is found
function ws() {
  # $1 is the target directory
  target_dir=$1
  # We start searching from the workspace dir, you need to adjust this when
  # adding the script to your own .bash_profile or .bashrc
  cd ~/workspace
  # -maxdepth is the max directories to go "down"
  # head -n1 gives back the first result
  workspace_path=$(find -maxdepth 3 -type d -name "*$target_dir*" | head -n1)
  if [  -z "$workspace_path" ]; then
    echo "Directory '$target_dir' not found. Changing to ~/workspace"
  else
    cd "$workspace_path"
  fi
}

02_Install.md

Installation

1. Add the function to your .bashrc, .bash_profile, .bash_functions, .zshrc or whatever else is used in your shell.
2. Adjust the second line, cd ~/workspace, with a cd to your workspace directory
3. Done!

03_example_file_structure

This is a example file structure of my ~/workspace directory

├── adminer
│   └── index.php
├── bullgit
│   └── talk
├── github
│   ├── atom-branch-check
│   ├── hype
│   ├── jekyll-project-page-starter
│   ├── keepass-node
│   ├── KevinGimbel_CMSUi
│   ├── kevingimbel.github.io
│   ├── postgen
│   └── viewSwitcher
├── go
│   ├── bin
│   ├── pkg
│   └── src
├── jsfeatures
│   ├── cli
│   ├── lib
│   └── server
├── linedup
│   ├── assets
│   ├── cli
│   └── web
├── lunch-break.cooking
│   ├── [...]
├── polymer
│   └── polymer-lessons
├── rates
│   ├── models
│   ├── node_modules
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── public
│   ├── routes
│   ├── server.js
│   ├── src
│   └── views
├── react-native
│   └── Test
├── r.kevingimbel.me
│   ├── config.sample.js
│   ├── node_modules
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── public
│   ├── README.md
│   ├── server.js
│   └── src
├── sw
│   ├── node_modules
│   ├── package.json
│   ├── public
│   ├── routes
│   ├── server.js
│   └── views
├── synoa
│   ├── bug.industries
│   ├── dev.bug.industries
│   ├── magento
│   ├── synoa.github.io
│   └── wordpress
└── test