On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 11:13:28AM +0200, Marc Chantreux wrote:
> Hi Dominik,
> 
> le 19/06/2006,
> Dominik Vogt nous écrivait :
> > 
> > I'd like to be able to open addresses.txt in a single command without knowing
> > about the working directory.  At the moment, the command depends on cwd:
> > 
> >   work/  =>  less addresses.txt
> >   work/cvs/  =>  less ../addresses.txt
> >   work/cvs/projectx/  =>  less ../../addresses.txt
> >   work/cvs/projectx/src/  =>  less ../../../addresses.txt
> 
> is this enought ? 
> 
> from () {
>         local base=${PWD%/$1/*}/$1
>         shift
>         print -l $base/${~^*}
> }
> 
> less $( from works '**/adresses.txt' )

Ah, that's not quite what I'm looking for.  It's too much to type
- I could as well try an increasing numer of '../' components and
hit TAB every time.

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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