* copying to a deep parallel directory
@ 2013-11-06 17:21 zzapper
2013-11-06 17:46 ` Jérémie Roquet
2013-11-06 17:51 ` Peter Stephenson
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From: zzapper @ 2013-11-06 17:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi
Say I want to copy a file from
/var/www/html/admin/include/
to
/var/www/live/admin/include/
I can of course
cd html live
and then I can use $OLDPWD or ~+1
but is there anything niftier?
zzapper
https://twitter.com/dailyzshtip
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* Re: copying to a deep parallel directory
2013-11-06 17:21 copying to a deep parallel directory zzapper
@ 2013-11-06 17:46 ` Jérémie Roquet
2013-11-06 17:51 ` Peter Stephenson
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From: Jérémie Roquet @ 2013-11-06 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zzapper; +Cc: Zsh Users
Hi,
2013/11/6 zzapper <david@rayninfo.co.uk>:
> Say I want to copy a file from
>
> /var/www/html/admin/include/
>
> to
>
> /var/www/live/admin/include/
>
> I can of course
>
> cd html live
>
> and then I can use $OLDPWD or ~+1
>
> but is there anything niftier?
$PWD:s/html/live/ or ${PWD/html/live} ?
--
Jérémie
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2013-11-06 17:21 copying to a deep parallel directory zzapper
2013-11-06 17:46 ` Jérémie Roquet
@ 2013-11-06 17:51 ` Peter Stephenson
2013-11-06 18:00 ` zzapper
2013-11-06 20:03 ` Dan Nelson
1 sibling, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Peter Stephenson @ 2013-11-06 17:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:21:23 +0000 (UTC)
zzapper <david@rayninfo.co.uk> wrote:
> Say I want to copy a file from
>
> /var/www/html/admin/include/
>
> to
>
> /var/www/live/admin/include/
>
> I can of course
>
>
> cd html live
>
> and then I can use $OLDPWD or ~+1
>
> but is there anything niftier?
So we're assuming you're in the former directory...
cp <file> ${PWD/html/live}
This syntax gets a bit messy if you're changing multiple levels
since you need to quote the slashes.
pws
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2013-11-06 17:51 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 2013-11-06 18:00 ` zzapper
2013-11-06 20:03 ` Dan Nelson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: zzapper @ 2013-11-06 18:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
>> Say I want to copy a file from
>>
>> /var/www/html/admin/include/
>>
>> to
>>
>> /var/www/live/admin/include/
>>
> cp <file> ${PWD/html/live}
>
> This syntax gets a bit messy if you're changing multiple levels
> since you need to quote the slashes.
>
> pws
>
Thanks that's cute, I will so be using this!
JWTDO
zzapper
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2013-11-06 17:51 ` Peter Stephenson
2013-11-06 18:00 ` zzapper
@ 2013-11-06 20:03 ` Dan Nelson
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Dan Nelson @ 2013-11-06 20:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Stephenson; +Cc: zsh-users
In the last episode (Nov 06), Peter Stephenson said:
> On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 17:21:23 +0000 (UTC)
> zzapper <david@rayninfo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Say I want to copy a file from
> >
> > /var/www/html/admin/include/
> >
> > to
> >
> > /var/www/live/admin/include/
> >
> > I can of course
> >
> > cd html live
> >
> > and then I can use $OLDPWD or ~+1
> >
> > but is there anything niftier?
>
> So we're assuming you're in the former directory...
>
> cp <file> ${PWD/html/live}
>
> This syntax gets a bit messy if you're changing multiple levels
> since you need to quote the slashes.
I use brace expansion a lot for things like this.
cp /var/www/{html,live}/admin/include/file.html
--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@allantgroup.com
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