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title: Wherever Change Directory
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layout: default
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created: 2009-02-22 13:40:40 +0100
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updated: 2009-02-22 13:46:25 +0100
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toc: false
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tags:
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- know-how
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- software
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- linux
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- tools
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---
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[wcd](http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/) is a tool which catalogs all directories of your $HOME (can be configured to
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catalog the whole drive) and then lets you type `wcd Desktop` and switches over to your `~/Desktop` from wherever you
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are. Or you can type `wcd "Rammstein*"` and it will show you a list of your Rammstein-albums of your `~/Music`-directory
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and jump to your choice.
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The Ubuntu-Package is very outdated, so you better download the file from the homepage. Unpack it in `/usr/local`:
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/usr/local% sudo tar xvzf wcd-4.1.0-linux.tar.gz
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This will put a `wcd.exe` to your `/usr/local/bin` which is the main executable. But *wcd* doesn't work by directly
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calling it, you have to add a function to your shell. But the following code into your `.bash_profile` or `.zshrc`:
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{% highlight bash %}
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# wcd
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function wcd {
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/usr/local/bin/wcd.exe -i -K -G $HOME $*
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. $HOME/wcd.go
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rm $HOME/wcd.go
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}
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{% endhighlight %}
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This advises *wcd* to put the `cd`-command into a file `~/wcd.go` which is afterwards sourced by your shell to actually
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complete the `cd`. You can also type `wcd -g` to start the graphical `cd`. The switches `-i -K` make *wcd* ignore cases
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and put it in color-mode (for the `-g` UI).
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<p><div class="noteclassic" markdown="1">
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Before using it the first time, you might have to issue a `wcd -s` which will scan your $HOME.
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</div></p>
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