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This modified version of the cd command will recursively cd into directories that contain a single subdirectory. You may append this code to your shell config file (such as .zshrc, .bashrc, etc...).
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function rcd { | |
# Check that number of arguments is 1 | |
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then | |
echo "Please input the path to a directory as the argument." | |
return 0 | |
fi | |
# Store the given path as a variable | |
dirpath=$1 | |
# Check that the path is a directory | |
if ! [[ -d $dirpath ]]; then | |
echo "Please input the path to a directory as the argument." | |
return 0 | |
fi | |
# While $dirpath contains a single item... | |
while [ $(ls $dirpath | wc -l) -eq 1 ]; do | |
# If the item in the directory is also a directory | |
if [[ -d $dirpath/$(ls $dirpath) ]]; then | |
# Add it to the path to cd into | |
dirpath=$dirpath/$(ls $dirpath) | |
else | |
break | |
fi | |
done | |
# cd into the directories | |
cd $dirpath | |
} |
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