cd_projects

cd_projects.sh

# p proj -> cd ~/Projects/project
# works best (fastest) if your projects are lower-case and you refer to them as such
# if not, then for best performance (no lag) you have to call "p Proj" (if ~/Projects/Project exists)
function p {
  cd ~/Projects
  local match
  if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    local min_size=1000
    # first try only directories that start exactly with our input
    for d in $1*/ ; do
      # if there were no matches then strangely we get this and we have to ignore it
      if [ $d != "$1*/" ]; then 
        if [[ $d == $1* ]]; then
          local size=${#d}
          if [[ $size -lt $min_size ]]; then
            match=$d
            min_size=$size
          fi
        fi
      fi
    done
    if [ -z "$match" ]; then
      local proj=`echo $1 | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
      local min_size=1000
      # search all directories canse-insensitive now
      for d in */ ; do
        local dir=`echo $d | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
        if [[ $dir == $proj* ]]; then
          local size=${#d}
          if [[ $size -lt $min_size ]]; then
            match=$d
            min_size=$size
          fi
        fi
        # if exact match stop the loop to gain some performance
        if [[ $dir == $proj/ ]]; then
          cd $d
          unset match
          break
        fi
      done
    fi
  fi
  if [ -n "$match" ]; then
    cd $match
  fi
}