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wcd is a tool which catalogs all directories of your $HOME (can be configured to
catalog the whole drive) and then lets you type wcd Desktop and switches over to your ~/Desktop from wherever you
are. Or you can type wcd "Rammstein*" and it will show you a list of your Rammstein-albums of your ~/Music-directory
and jump to your choice.
The Ubuntu-Package is very outdated, so you better download the file from the homepage. Unpack it in /usr/local:
/usr/local% sudo tar xvzf wcd-4.1.0-linux.tar.gz
This will put a wcd.exe to your /usr/local/bin which is the main executable. But wcd doesn't work by directly
calling it, you have to add a function to your shell. But the following code into your .bash_profile or .zshrc:
{% highlight bash %}
wcd
function wcd { /usr/local/bin/wcd.exe -i -K -G $HOME $* . $HOME/wcd.go rm $HOME/wcd.go } {% endhighlight %}
This advises wcd to put the cd-command into a file ~/wcd.go which is afterwards sourced by your shell to actually
complete the cd. You can also type wcd -g to start the graphical cd. The switches -i -K make wcd ignore cases
and put it in color-mode (for the -g UI).