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January 7, 2016 05:34
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Search upward to find a certain file or directory. I don't know where I found this or if I wrote it myself.
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| upsearch() { | |
| origdir=${2-$(pwd)} | |
| test / == "$PWD" && cd "$origdir" && return || \ | |
| test -e "$1" && echo "$PWD" && cd "$origdir" && return || \ | |
| cd .. && upsearch "$1" "$origdir" | |
| } |
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