https://github.com/meir/cdl

cdl commands written in C
https://github.com/meir/cdl

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cdl commands written in C

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/meir/cdl
• Owner: meir
• Created: 2024-05-21T07:37:52.000Z (8 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-23T10:04:26.000Z (8 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-23T10:29:55.035Z (8 months ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 30.3 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# cdl

This project is a small remake in C of a bash script that i very frequently use.

I just wanted to make this a bit more stable and easier to install and thus converted it into a C program with makefile and an install script.

## What is this?

It is a very simple command to just save directory paths and quickly switch between them.

I use this very often since i got bothered by constantly typing `cd ../../../../folder` and such.

For example, you have the following folder structure:

```

~/Documents

│

├── work

│   │

│   ├── projectA

│   │   ├── src

│   │   └── docs

│   │

│   └── projectB

│       └── src

│

└── personal

    └── cool_project

        ├── src

        └── docs

```

in this situation if you want to navigate from `~/Documents/work/projectA/src` to your personal project, you would either have to do `cd ~/Documents/personal/cool_project` or `cd ../../../personal/cool_project`

what this tool allows is for you to be in `~/Documents/personal/cool_project` and do `cds cool_project` and later once you want to navigate to it from anywhere, you can do `cdl cool_project` instead.

## Requirements

 - gcc compiler

## How to install

To start the installation script just run the following command as root (for bin access)

```

bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/meir/cdl/main/install.sh)

```

To uninstall you can use the same script and add `uninstall` after it.

### Nix Flakes

A Nix Flake is provided that you can install, after it is installed you can add `source $(which cdl-alias)` in your bash/sh/zsh/fish profile to load in the `cdl` alias properly.

## How to use

This project has a few commands, they're simple CRUD commands to change the cache file.

command | usage       | description

--------|-------------|-------------

cdl     | cdl (name)  | change directory to `last` or (name)

cds     | cds (name)  | save directory path on `last` or (name)

cdls    | cdls        | list all saved name + directory paths

cdr     | cdr (name)  | remove directory path from cache by `last` or (name)

cdp     | cdp (name)  | print directory path saved in `last` or (name)

cdc     | cdc         | clear non existent paths from cd list