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From: "N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org>
To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: directory stack expansion
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:48:19 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070118224819.GE31068@ayvali.org> (raw)

Given the following directory stack:

    $ dirs -v
    0       /etc
    1       /tmp
    3       /home/foo

I often do things like "cd ~+3", "mkdir ~+1/foo", etc.

Often times, I want to be able to expand the directory. The reason for
this is that the directory stack changes often, and "mkdir ~+1/foo"
makes sense when "~+1" has the value of /tmp, but not much sense when it
is /etc or whatever. If I recall a command from the history, "cd ~+3"
might have an entirely different meaning depending on the value of the
stack.

Right now, the only way I can do this is by typing this at the prompt:

    $ cd `echo ~+1`

and then hitting tab after the second backtick. Is there a way to get
Zsh to get to expand without the backticks?

thanks,
Thomas

-- 
N.J. Thomas
njt@ayvali.org
Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo


             reply	other threads:[~2007-01-18 22:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-18 22:48 N.J. Thomas [this message]
2007-01-18 23:15 ` Chris Johnson
2007-01-18 23:21   ` N.J. Thomas

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