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[dexen]

Didn't know about "ncd", ended up re-inventing it. The following script, named 'F', takes regexp(3) pattern in $1 and works reasonably well in the 'all text is hypertex' environment of (p9p) Acme. If it finds one match, it opens it via plumb(1). Otherwise lists results; one right-click opens the clicked result again via plumb(1).

Yes, the find -type f focuses on files; nonetheless it's easy enough to right-click-select the relevant directory to open it rather than the file.

  #!/usr/bin/env rc
  
  if (~ `{find -type f | 9 grep $1 | wc -l} 1)
   plumb `{find -type f | 9 grep $1}
  if not
   find -type f | 9 grep $1

[timonoko → dexen]

Que? What is rc?

"rc - implementation of the AT&T Plan 9 shell".

Do I have to install that?

[timonoko → timonoko]

Nevermind now that I think about it, this is basically most of ncd:

    #! /bin/bash                                     
     d=$(find / -name "$1" 2>/dev/null | head -1)            
     echo Jumping to $d, Control-D to return         
     cd $d                                           
     bash

Actually it is now perfect. If the guess is wrong, you can return and add letters to you search string.