q-tools/qcd_function

function cd_history () {
    local old
    local p
    local b
    if [ -z "$1" ]
    then \cd "$HOME"
         return
    fi
    old=$( tail -n 149 "$HOME/.bash_cdhistory" )
    echo "$old" > "$HOME/.bash_cdhistory"
    \cd "$1"
    p=$( pwd )
    b=$( basename "$p" )
    echo $b":"$p >> "$HOME/.bash_cdhistory"
}
alias cd=cd_history

function qcd() {
    local OPTIND
    local OPTARG
    local opt
    local case
    
    while getopts aiILl:hm opt
    do  case "$opt" in
        a)
            # Adding
            local name=${!OPTIND}
            if [ -z "$name" ]
            then name=$( basename $( pwd ))
            fi

            echo "$name":$( pwd )
            echo "$name":$( pwd ) >> ~/.qcd
            return
        ;;
        i)
            case="-i"
        ;;
        I)
            echo "See ~/.bash_completion for possible duplicates"
echo '
have qcd &&
_qcd()
{
        local cur
        local d
        COMPREPLY=()
        cur=${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}
        if [[ "$cur" == -* ]]; then
            COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "-a -i -h -l -L -m" -- $cur ) ) 
            return 0
        fi
        COMPREPLY=( $( compgen -W "$( grep -h ^"$cur" ~/.qcd <( tac ~/.bash_cdhistory ) | cut -d: -f1 )" ) ) 
}
complete -F _qcd qcd
' >> ~/.bash_completion
            . /etc/bash_completion
            touch ~/.qcd ~/.bash_cdhistory
            return
        ;;
        L)
            echo ==History ~/.bash_cdhistory:
            cat ~/.bash_cdhistory
            echo 
            echo ==Saved ~/.qcd:
            cat ~/.qcd
            return
        ;;
        l)
            local d=$( grep $case -h ^"$OPTARG" ~/.qcd <( tac ~/.bash_cdhistory ) | head -n 1 )
            d=${d/*:/}
            echo $d
            return
        ;;
        m)
            local IFS=$'\n'
            for line in $( cat ~/.bash_cdhistory );
            do if [ -d "${line/*:/}" ];
               then echo "$line" >> ~/.bash_cdhistory.tmp
               fi
            done
            mv ~/.bash_cdhistory.tmp ~/.bash_cdhistory
            for line in $( cat ~/.qcd );
            do if [ -d "${line/*:/}" ];
               then echo "$line" >> ~/.qcd.tmp
               fi
            done
            mv ~/.qcd.tmp ~/.qcd
            return
        ;;
        h)
            echo 'qcd [-hiLm]|[-al] [name]
Change current working path based on the list ~/.qcd
Keeps a history of folders visited in ~/.bash_cdhistory

 -a [name]   Adds the path to the list
  You may add the name of the path, but when omitted
  the basename will be used
 -i          Case insensitive search, must come first.
 -I          Install, with autocompletion (use only once)
 -l [name]   Show the match, but do not change
 -L          Lists the paths
 -m          Maintain the list, deleting non-existing entries'
           return
        ;;
        esac
    done
    shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
    if [ -z "$1" ]
    then [[ $OPTIND -gt 1 ]] && return
         \cd; return
    fi
    unset OPTSTRING
    unset OPTIND
    if [ "$1" = "-" ]
    then d=$( tail -n 1 ~/.bash_cdhistory )
         d=${d/*:/}
         \cd "$d"
         return
    fi
    d=$( grep $case -h ^"$1" ~/.qcd <( tac ~/.bash_cdhistory ) | head -n 1 )
    d=${d/*:/}
    if [ ! -z "$d" ]
    then \cd "$d" 
    fi
    
}



function whenfilechanges() {
    [ -z "$1" ] && { echo 'Usage: whenfilechanges "file" "some" "command" 
      Follows the modification time of the "file" and runs the command 
      at every change.  '
        return
    }
    [ -e "$1" ] || { echo $1 not found
        return
    }
    local fname
    local otime
    local ntime
    
    fname=$1
    shift 1
    otime=$( stat -c %Z "$fname" )
    while : 
    do ntime=$( stat -c %Z "$fname" )
        [ "$ntime" -ne "$otime" ] && {
            eval "$@"
            otime=$( stat -c %Z "$fname" )
        }
        
       sleep 2
    done

}

function gcd() {
# guess cd,  find first match in folder
    local dname
    local bname
    local match
    set -o pipefail
    dname=$( dirname "$1" )
    bname=$( basename "$1" )
    match=$( ls -d "$dname"/*/ | grep "$bname" | head -n 1 )
    [[ ! "$match" = "" ]] && {
        echo $match | grep --color=always  "$bname"
        \cd "$match"
        return
    } 
    match=$( ls -d "$dname"/*/ | grep -i "$bname" | head -n 1 )
    [[ ! "$match" = "" ]] && {
        echo $match | grep -i --color=always "$bname"
        \cd "$match"
        return
    } 
    echo No match. 
}

function rmv () {
#mv with rsync 
    rsync -vaP --remove-source-files "$@"
    # remove empty folders from sources (not last argument)
    for (( i=1; i<=$(($#-1)); i++ ))
    do if [ -d "${!i}" ]
       then find "${!i}" -depth  -type d -exec rmdir \{\} \;
       fi
    done
}