A friendlier change directory for Bash and OS X.

FriendlyChgDir.sh

# Change to a directory given a full or partial name
# You don't have to wrap directory names in quotes either
function chd() {
  friendlyChgDirOptions
  
  if [ -n "$1" ]; then
    if [ -n "`ls "$@"* 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
      cd "$1"*
    else
      echo "-bash: chd: "$1": No directory found from partial name"
    fi
  fi
}

function friendlyChgDirOptions() {
  shopt -s cdspell
  shopt -s nocaseglob
}

function dev() {
  cd "$HOME/development"
  chd "$@"
}

function sites() {
  cd "$HOME/sites"
  chd "$@"
}

function home() {
  cd "$HOME"
  chd "$@"
}