Bash Feature Proposal
Eric Lovejoy via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell <[email protected]>
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Hi All,
Not really sure who to write to for feature requests / submissions.
I can write the features, it's who or where to submit them which has
baffled me.
One Feature I would like to propose is an addition to the Bash shell
builtin cd,
cd -N :: change dir by N directories.
$cd -3 # go up 3 directories.
$cd -0 # no operation
$cd -2 # go up 2 directories
Goal save some key strokes? avoid this: cd ../../../../ type of thing.
scripting possibilities?
Potential downside:
naming directories "-7" or any negative number might cause an issue in
directory traversal.
https://github.com/FOSSBOSS/bashMods
love it or hate it, I have other ideas, and contributions I would like to
make to gnu software.
I still want to know how to propose new features.