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From: tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Help with this script
Message-ID: <6587@awdprime.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 91 16:25:11 GMT
References: <1991Apr9.164257.9128@agate.berkeley.edu> <1991Apr9.175008.12044@leland.Stanford.EDU> <560@racerx.UUCP>
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In article <560@racerx.UUCP> ken@racerx.UUCP (Ken Hardy) writes:
>>	cd `find . -name <argument> -type d -print`
>If 'find' finds more than one directory that matches the pattern,
>you're in trouble.

If you do it this way, you'll either change directories and
print the directory you went to, or get an error changing
directories and display the list of directories found.
The only time this is awkward is if one directory was
found but the cd failed (i.e. mkdir x; chmod 0 x; fcd x).

function fcd {
	typeset dirs
	dirs=`find . -name "*${1}*" -type d -print`
	cd $dirs
	echo $dirs | tr ' ' '\012'
	}

Paul Chamberlain | I do NOT speak for IBM.          IBM VNET: PAULCC AT AUSTIN
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