fcd Command Help

Usage

fcd -some_string-

Searches all directories starting at the current one for a file which starts with the string -some_string-. If there is only a single file found, you will immediately be switched to that directory. If there are more than one directory found, you will receive a list of matching directories and you can choose one.

Note that fcd supports the autocompletion functionality in bash. Just use the tab key to complete a word you are typing. This will invoke find on the entire directory tree under your current word, so use it wisely.

Example

If you were currently in the directory /home/mflower and the following directories were present:

/home/mflower/code/test1
/home/mflower/code/test2
/home/mflower/code/oldcode

Here are a list of commands and what they would do:

/home/mflower$ fcd test1
/home/mflower/code/test1$ cd ../..
/home/mflower$ fcd test 

Please choose a directory to change to
--------------------------------------
  1. ./code/test1
  2. ./code/test2

Your choice: 2

/home/mflower/code/test2$ cd ../..
/home/mflower$ fcd asdf
No matching directories were found
/home/mflower$