🍑 Butt - Target a dir in PWD

readme.md

Usage

Given $PWD is /home/a-user/ghq/github.com/gh-user/project/src, butt ghq will change your $PWD to /home/a-user/ghq/. Press cd - to get back where you were before.

Note: If your usecase demands this script, I would suggest to use z like dir jumpers instead.

butt.fish

function butt
  if [ "$argv[1]" = "" ]
    echo "Please provide a dir name"
    return 1
  end

  set -l up_times 0
  set -l found 0
  set -l path (string sub --start 2 $PWD)

  for i in (echo $path|awk -F'/' '{for(i=1;i<=NF;++i)print $i}')[-2..1]
    set up_times (math "$up_times+1")

    if [ "$i" = "$argv[1]" ]
      set found 1
      break
    end
  end

  if [ "$found" = 1 ]
    set -l alt_dir $PWD
    while test "$up_times" -gt 0;
      cd ..;
      set up_times (math $up_times - 1);
    end
    set -l cur_dir $PWD
    cd $alt_dir
    cd $cur_dir
  else
    echo "Couldn't find the dirname you passed in PWD"
    return 2
  end
end

This could be a simpler solution https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27994905