.zshrc

# set the finddir lookup PATH
export DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS="~/Sites/apps:~/Sites/gems:~/Projects"

# use `finddir` to fuzzy lookup directories
function cds {
  local search=$1;
  local found=$(noglob finddir $search)
  if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
    cd $found
  fi
}

finddir

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'pathname'

# Search the `search_paths` for any directory that matches of your search term
# If a single match is found it is printed out, otherwise it will exit(1)
#
# Usage: finddir PATTERN [PATH, ...]

# Set this up in your env to specify where to search
# export DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS="~/Sites:~/Projects[:OTHER_PATHS]"

DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS = \
  if paths = ENV['DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS']
    paths.split(':')
  else
    []
  end

if ARGV.count < 1
  puts "Usage: #{File.basename $0} PATTERN [PATH, ...]"
  exit 1
end

matches = []
search = ARGV[0]
if ARGV.size > 1
  search_paths = ARGV[1..-1]
else
  search_paths = DEFAULT_SEARCH_PATHS
end
matcher = Regexp.new(search)

search_paths.each do |root|
  path = File.expand_path(root)

  Pathname.new(path).children.each do |child|
    name = child.basename.to_s
    if matcher.match(name)
      matches << child
    end
  end
end

case matches.size
when 0
  STDERR.puts "No matches found for '#{ARGV[0]}'"
  exit 1
when 1
  STDOUT.print matches.first
  exit 0
else
  STDERR.puts "Found #{matches.size} matches:"
  matches.each do |match|
    STDERR.puts match.to_s
  end
  exit 1
end