A bash plugin to make cd better

README.md

bash-cdl

A bash plugin to make cd better

Installation

Set up bash_plugins folder

(Skip this step if you already have a bash_plugins folder.)

{
# simply copy-pasta this whole block, or customize these vars and copy-pasta the rest
bash_plugins_dir=~/.bash_plugins
bash_startup_file=~/.bash_profile

if ! [[ -d $bash_plugins_dir ]]; then
  mkdir $bash_plugins_dir
fi
if ! grep -q '\*\.plugin\.sh' $bash_startup_file; then
  cat >> $bash_startup_file <<BASH

export BASH_PLUGINS_DIR="$bash_plugins_dir"
for plugin in \$(find \$BASH_PLUGINS_DIR -name '*.plugin.sh'); do source \$plugin; done
BASH
  export BASH_PLUGINS_DIR="$bash_plugins_dir"
fi
}

Set up this plugin

{
# simply copy-pasta this whole block
plugin_url=https://gist.github.com/05b3c59b406a6425ad2cf660b1b8b850

if bashplug -vq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  bashplug add "$plugin_url"
elif [[ -n "$BASH_PLUGINS_DIR" ]]; then
  (
    set -e
    cd "$BASH_PLUGINS_DIR"
    git clone $plugin_url
    dir_name="$(ls -rtd1 $(find * -maxdepth 0 -type d) | tail -n1)"
    plugin_name="$(basename $(find $dir_name -name '*.plugin.sh') .plugin.sh)"
    if ! [[ "$dir_name" == "$plugin_name" ]] && ! [[ -d "$plugin_name" ]]; then
      mv "$dir_name" "$plugin_name"
      dir_name="$plugin_name"
    fi
    for plugin in $(find $dir_name -name '*.plugin.sh'); do source $plugin; done
  )
else
  cat<<EOF

Could not find your BASH_PLUGINS_DIR. Did not install plugin.
Have you followed the *Set up bash_plugins folder* steps yet?

EOF
fi
}

bash-cdl.plugin.sh

function init_via_source(){
  local script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
  local script=$(basename ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} | sed 's/\.plugin//')
  source $script_dir/$script
}

function init_via_wrapper(){
  local script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
  local script=$(basename $BASH_SOURCE | sed 's/\.plugin//')
  local wrapper=$(basename $script .sh | sed 's/^bash-//')
  alias $wrapper="$script_dir/$script"
}

init_via_source

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bash-cdl.sh

export CD_HIST_FILE=/tmp/cd_hist.txt

function cd(){
  builtin cd "$@"
  pwd>>$CD_HIST_FILE
}

function cdl(){
  cd $(tail -n1 $CD_HIST_FILE)
};

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