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Created January 4, 2013 16:48
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Recursively search upwards for a directory or file.
upsearch () {
if test -e "$1"; then
echo "$PWD"
else
if [ "$PWD" = "/" ]; then
return 1;
else
pushd .. > /dev/null
upsearch "$1"
exit_status=$?
popd > /dev/null
return "$exit_status"
fi
fi
}
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